1 Peter 1:23

Contemporary English Version 1995

Do this because God has given you new birth by his message that lives on forever.

Cross References

1 Peter 1:3

Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is so good, and by raising Jesus from death, he has given us new life and a hope that lives on.

Hebrews 4:12

God's word is alive and powerful! It is sharper than any double-edged sword. His word can cut through our spirits and souls and through our joints and marrow, until it discovers the desires and thoughts of our hearts.

John 3:3

Jesus replied, “I tell you for certain that you must be born from above before you can see God's kingdom!”

John 1:13

They were not God's children by nature or because of any human desires. God himself was the one who made them his children.

John 6:63

The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit.

1 John 5:18

We are sure God's children do not keep on sinning. God's own Son protects them, and the devil cannot harm them.

James 1:18

He wanted us to be his own special people, and so he sent the true message to give us new birth.

John 3:5

Jesus answered: I tell you for certain that before you can get into God's kingdom, you must be born not only by water, but by the Spirit.

Matthew 24:35

The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will.

1 John 3:9

God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so they cannot keep on sinning.

1 Peter 1:25

But what the Lord has said will stand forever.” Our good news to you is what the Lord has said.

John 1:3

And with this Word, God created all things. Nothing was made without the Word. Everything that was created

Jeremiah 23:28

Their dreams and my truth are as different as straw and wheat. But when prophets speak for me, they must say only what I have told them.

Romans 1:23

They don't worship the glorious and eternal God. Instead, they worship idols that are made to look like humans who cannot live forever, and like birds, animals, and reptiles.

Malachi 2:3

I will punish your descendants and rub your faces in the manure from your animal sacrifices, and then be done with you.

Luke 8:11

This is what the story means: The seed is God's message,

Leviticus 11:37

If the dead body of one of these animals is found lying on seeds that have been set aside for planting, the seeds remain clean.