1 Peter 1:22 (DBY)

Passage

Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

Nearby Context

1 Peter 1:20 foreknown indeed before [the] foundation of [the] world, but who has been manifested at the end of times for your sakes,

1 Peter 1:21 who by him do believe on God, who has raised him from among [the] dead and given him glory, that your faith and hope should be in God.

1 Peter 1:22 Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

1 Peter 1:23 being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

1 Peter 1:24 Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as [the] flower of grass. The grass has withered and [its] flower has fallen;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "purified", "souls", "obedience", "truth", "unfeigned", "brotherly", and "love". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "purified", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "who by him do believe on God..." into verse 23's "being born again not of corruptible seed...", so "having" and "purified" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "having" and "purified" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.