1 Peter 1:23

Good News Translation

For through the living and eternal word of God you have been born again as the children of a parent who is immortal, not mortal.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet who has had a dream should say it is only a dream, but the prophet who has heard my message should proclaim that message faithfully. What good is straw compared with wheat?

Leviticus 11:37

If one of them falls on seed that is going to be planted, the seed remains clean.

Malachi 2:3

I will punish your children and rub your faces in the dung of the animals you sacrifice—and you will be taken out to the dung heap.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Luke 8:11

“This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.

John 1:13

They did not become God's children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.

John 1:3

Through him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made without him.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again.”

John 3:5

“I am telling you the truth,” replied Jesus, “that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

John 6:63

What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.

Romans 1:23

instead of worshiping the immortal God, they worship images made to look like mortals or birds or animals or reptiles.

Hebrews 4:12

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart.

James 1:18

By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord remains forever.” This word is the Good News that was proclaimed to you.

1 Peter 1:3

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,

1 John 3:9

Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for God's very nature is in them; and because God is their Father, they cannot continue to sin.

1 John 5:18

We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them.