1 Peter 1:22

“Seeing ye have purified your souls, etc.] The apostle passes to another exhortation, namely, to brotherly love; the ground of which he makes to be, the purification of their souls; and which supposes that they had been impure; and indeed, their whole persons, souls and bodies, were so by nature; even all the members of their bodies, and all the powers and faculties of their souls: it is internal purity, purity of the heart, that is here particularly respected; though not to the exclusion of outward purity, for where there is the former, there will be the latter; but there may be an external purity, where there is not the inward one: this the apostle ascribes to the saints themselves, but not…”

“purified . . . in obeying the truth--Greek, "in your (or 'the') obedience of (that is, 'to') the truth (the Gospel way of salvation)," that is, in the fact of your believing. Faith purifies the heart as giving it the only pure motive, love to God (Act 15:9; Rom 1:5, "obedience to the faith"). through the Spirit--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. The Holy Spirit is the purifier by bestowing the obedience of faith (Pe1 1:2; Co1 12:3). unto--with a view to: the proper result of the purifying of your hearts by faith. "For what end must we lead a chaste life? That we may thereby be saved? No: but for this, that we may serve our neighbor" [LUTHER]. unfeigned-- Pe1 2:1-2, "laying aside . . .…”

“Seeing ye have purified your souls - Greek, “Having purified your souls.” The apostles were never afraid of referring to human agency as having an important part in saving the soul Compare 1 Corinthians 4:15. No one is made pure without personal intention or effort - any more than one becomes accomplished or learned without personal exertion. One of the leading effects of the agency of the Holy Spirit is to excite us to make efforts for our own salvation; and there is no true piety which is not the fair result of culture, as really as the learning of a Person, or the harvest of the farmer. The amount of effort which we make “in purifying our souls” is usually also the measure of our…”

“Having purified your souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit, who bestows upon you freely, both obedience and purity of heart, and unfeigned love of the brethren, go on to still higher degrees of love. Love one another fervently - With the most strong and tender affection; and yet with a pure heart - Pure from any spot of unholy desire or inordinate passion. 1 Peter 1:23”

“1:22–2:3 Following his call for holiness (1:13-21), Peter specifies how believers must live in a loving way with fellow Christians. 1:22 must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters: Literally must have brotherly love. See study note on 5:9.”

“ye have: Joh 15:3, Joh 17:17, Joh 17:19; Act 15:9; Rom 6:16, Rom 6:17; Th2 2:13; Jam 4:8 in: Pe1 3:1, Pe1 4:17; Act 6:7; Rom 1:5, Rom 2:8; Gal 3:1, Gal 5:7; Heb 5:9, Heb 11:8 through: Rom 8:13; Gal 5:5; Ti2 1:14; Heb 9:14 unto: Pe1 2:17, Pe1 3:8, Pe1 4:8; Joh 13:34, Joh 13:35, Joh 15:17; Rom 12:9, Rom 12:10; Co2 6:6; Eph 4:3; Th1 4:8, Th1 4:9; Ti1 1:5; Heb 6:10, Heb 13:1; Jam 2:15, Jam 2:16; Pe2 1:7; Jo1 3:11, Jo1 3:14-19, Jo1 3:23, Jo1 4:7, Jo1 4:12, Jo1 4:20, Jo1 4:21, Jo1 5:1, Jo1 5:2 see: Phi 1:9; Th1 3:12; Th2 1:3; Rev 2:4 a pure: Ti1 1:3, Ti1 4:12, Ti1 5:2 1 Peter 1:23”