1 Peter 1:23

New Century Version

You have been born again, and this new life did not come from something that dies, but from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message that continues forever.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:28

Is straw the same thing as wheat?” says the Lord. “If a prophet wants to tell about his dreams, let him! But let the person who hears my message speak it truthfully!

Leviticus 11:37

If a dead, unclean animal falls on a seed to be planted, that seed is still clean.

Malachi 2:3

“I will punish your descendants. I will smear your faces with the animal insides left from your feasts, and you will be thrown away with it.

Matthew 24:35

Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

Luke 8:11

“This is what the story means: The seed is God’s message.

John 1:13

They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.

John 1:3

All things were made by him, and nothing was made without him.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

John 3:5

But Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born from water and the Spirit, you cannot enter God’s kingdom.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh doesn’t give life. The words I told you are spirit, and they give life.

Romans 1:23

They traded the glory of God who lives forever for the worship of idols made to look like earthly people, birds, animals, and snakes.

Hebrews 4:12

God’s word is alive and working and is sharper than a double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into us, where the soul and the spirit are joined, to the center of our joints and bones. And it judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord will live forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In God’s great mercy he has caused us to be born again into a living hope, because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

1 John 3:9

Those who are God’s children do not continue sinning, because the new life from God remains in them. They are not able to go on sinning, because they have become children of God.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are God’s children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot touch them.