1 Peter 1:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.”
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“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
King James Version · Public Domain“having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Peter 1:23 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:37If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;
- Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
- Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- John 1:13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
- John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
- Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
- 1 Corinthians 15:53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- 1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
- 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
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