{Seeing ye have purified} (h(8867)nikotes). Perfect active
participle of hagniz(935c), old verb from hagnos (pure), here with
psuchas (souls), with kardias (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} (en t(8869) hupako(8869)). With repetition of the idea in
1:2,14 (children of obedience). {To the truth} ( (8873)
aletheias). 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} (anupokriton). Late and rare double
compound, here alone in Peter, but see Jas 3:17 2Co 6:6 , etc.
No other kind of philadelphia (brotherly love) is worth having
( 1Th 4:9 Heb 13:1 2Pe 1:7 ). {From the heart fervently} (ek
kardias ekten(9373)). Late adverb (in inscriptions, Polybius, LXX).
The adjective ekten(8873) is more common ( 1Pe 4:8 ).
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