1 Peter 1:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:28

Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the Lord.

Leviticus 11:37

If any part of their carcass falls upon any seed set aside for sowing, it is clean,

Malachi 2:3

I will rebuke your offspring and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and I will put you out of my presence.

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Luke 8:11

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

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:3

All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

John 6:63

It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Romans 1:23

and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord endures forever.” That word is the good news that was announced to you.

1 Peter 1:3

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

1 John 3:9

Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them; they cannot sin because they have been born of God.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.