1 Peter 1:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Common English Bible

²³ Do this because you have been given new birth—not from the type of seed that decays but from seed that doesn’t. This seed is God’s life-giving and enduring word.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ For you have been born again, not from corruptible seed, but from what is incorruptible, from the Word of God, living and remaining for all eternity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.

1 Peter 1:23 Cross References

Jeremiah 23:28

Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the Lord.

Leviticus 11:37

If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean,

Malachi 2:3

I will rebuke your offspring and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Luke 8:11

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:3

All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

John 6:63

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Romans 1:23

and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord endures forever.” That word is the good news that was announced to you.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

1 John 3:9

Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them; they cannot sin because they have been born of God.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.