...means by whicli men were bora again, or created anew, and by which their souls were purified. "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth, through the Spirit, — see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently ; being born again not of corruptible...

...blood of Christ purge your conscience from dead works, to serve the living God. Heb. ix, 14. — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth, through the Spirit, — and the very God of peace sanctify you wholly. 1 Pet. i, 22 ; I Thess. v, 23. " That he mat/ do...

...instrument, was rendered successful by the power of God working with and by him.1 ' St. Peter says, " Ye have purified your souls, * in obeying the truth, through the Spirit : " 2 that ' is, the purification of the souls of these Christians ' was in part owing to their own...

...washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. (Titus iii. 5.) Thus also St. Peter, " Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit. (1 Pet. i. 22.) Although we cannot philosophically investigate the mysterious concurrence of the Holy...

...that he who loveth God. love his brother also."|| Saint Peter, not very differently : " Seeing thai ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth. through the Spirit, untq unfeigned love of the brre Matt, mi 35— 40. 1 Hom. *u• 9t Wai. r. i4. || i John it. 2i. threfl,...

...God." " Sanctify them through thy truth." " Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth." " Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit." But this is, in like manner, wholly incompatible with the doctrine of the theory ; as manifestly, if...

...the Spirit of God. I Peter 1 '.22-23 speak of the spiritual rebirth of salvation in this way: Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through...brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which...

...which is the head, even Christ (Ephesians 4:13-15). Peter puts it in the most beautiful terms: Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through...brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently; Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which...

...after ye may grow. Reina [1569] and Valera [1602] have added en to their text. 1 Peter 1:22 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through...brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 1 Peter 1:23 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the...

...born of experience, "let us purify ourselves, even as He is pure. " So Peter writes, " Seeing that ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth,...brethren, see that ye love one another, with a pure heart fervently." And again, he bases his exhortation to those who have laid aside all malice and guile,...