1 Peter 1:23

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:28

Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it!

Leviticus 11:37

Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean,

Malachi 2:3

I am about to discipline your children and will spread offal on your faces, the very offal produced at your festivals, and you will be carried away along with it.

Matthew 24:35

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

Luke 8:11

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

John 1:13

– children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband’s decision, but by God.

John 1:3

All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

John 3:3

Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John 6:63

The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

James 1:18

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

1 Peter 1:3

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

1 John 3:9

Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God’s seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.