1 Peter 1:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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.

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.

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.

Matthew 24:35

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

Luke 8:11

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

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 1:3

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

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 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.

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.

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 for ever, and like birds, animals, and reptiles.

Hebrews 4:12

What God has said isn't only alive and active! 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.

James 1:18

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

1 Peter 1:25

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

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.

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 that they cannot keep on sinning.

1 John 5:18

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