1Pe 1:22 | RWP | e4.org | Seeing ye have purified ( ηγνικοτες ). Perfect active participle of αγνιζω , old verb from αγνος (pure), here with ψυχας (souls), with καρδιας (hearts) in as in of moral cleansing also. See the ceremonial sense of the word as in LXX in ; , ; . In your obedience ( εν τη υπακοη ). With repetition of the idea in , (children of obedience). To the truth ( της αλεθειας ). Objective genitive with which compare , about sanctification in the truth and about believing the truth. There is cleansing power in the truth of God in Christ. Unfeigned ( ανυποκριτον ). Late and rare double compound, here alone in Peter, but see ; , etc. No other kind of φιλαδελφια (brotherly love) is worth having ( ; ; ). From the heart fervently ( εκ καρδιας εκτενως ). Late adverb (in inscriptions, Polybius, LXX). The adjective εκτενης is more common ( ).

‏ 1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified ( ηγνικοτες ). Perfect active participle of αγνιζω, old verb from αγνος (pure), here with ψυχας (souls), with καρδιας (hearts) in Jas 4:8 as in 1Jo 3:3 of moral cleansing also. See the ceremonial sense of the word as in LXX in Joh 11:55; Ac 21:24, 26; 24:18.

In your obedience ( εν τη υπακοη ). With repetition of the idea in 1:2, 14 (children of obedience).

To the truth ( της αλεθειας ). Objective genitive with which compare Joh 17:17, 19 about sanctification in the truth and 2Th 2:12 about believing the truth. There is cleansing power in the truth of God in Christ.

Unfeigned ( ανυποκριτον ). Late and rare double compound, here alone in Peter, but see Jas 3:17; 2Co 6:6, etc. No other kind of φιλαδελφια (brotherly love) is worth having (1Th 4:9; Heb 13:1; 2Pe 1:7).

From the heart fervently ( εκ καρδιας εκτενως ). Late adverb (in inscriptions, Polybius, LXX). The adjective εκτενης is more common (1Pe 4:8).