Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Begotten again, not of corrupted seed, but uncorrupted, by the word of God, living and remaining forever.
New American Standard Bible
for you have been
King James Version
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Holman Bible
since you have been born again
International Standard Version
For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish by the living and everlasting word of God.
A Conservative Version
begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age.
American Standard Version
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
Amplified
for you have been born again [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] not of seed which is perishable but [from that which is] imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.
An Understandable Version
You have experienced new birth, not from seed that can decay, but from seed that cannot decay, through the living and enduring word of God.
Anderson New Testament
having been begotten again, not with corruptible seed, but with incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever.
Bible in Basic English
Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
Common New Testament
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
since your regeneration is not owing to any corruptible principles, but to the unchangeable word of the immortal God.
Darby Translation
being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the living and abiding word of God.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
having been regenerated, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of the living God, which remains.
Godbey New Testament
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, who lives and abides.
Goodspeed New Testament
for you have been born anew from a germ not perishable, but imperishable, through the message of the living, everlasting God.
John Wesley New Testament
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.
King James 2000
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[because you] have been born again, not from perishable seed but imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
Modern King James verseion
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living Word of God, and abiding forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for ye are born anew, not of mortal seed, but of immortal seed, by the word of God which liveth, and lasteth forever.
Moffatt New Testament
You are born anew of immortal, not of mortal seed, by the living, lasting word of God;
Montgomery New Testament
For you have been born anew, not of perishable, but of imperishable seed, by the living, lasting word of God.
NET Bible
You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
New Heart English Bible
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding Word of God.
Noyes New Testament
being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
Sawyer New Testament
having been born again, not from destructible seed but from indestructible, through the word of God which lives and endures.
The Emphasized Bible
Having been regenerated - Not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible - through means of the word of a Living and Abiding God;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the quickening word of God, and which abideth for ever.
Twentieth Century New Testament
since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God.
Webster
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Weymouth New Testament
For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.
Williams New Testament
because you have been born anew, not from a germ that perishes but from one that does not perish, by the word of the living and everlasting God.
World English Bible
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
Worrell New Testament
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, that lives and abides.
Worsley New Testament
being regenerated not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.
Youngs Literal Translation
being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;
Themes
Holy spirit » Regenerating » By the word of God
New » Birth » By the word of God
New Birth » Through the instrumentality of » The word of God
Purity » Who purifies their soul
Regeneration » The teaching concerning » By the word of God
The scriptures » Designed for » Regenerating
Topics
Interlinear
Aphthartos
Dia
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Peter 1:23
Devotionals containing 1 Peter 1:23
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 1:23
Images 1 Peter 1:23
Prayers for 1 Peter 1:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Be Holy In All Your Conduct
22 Having purified your souls in the hearing of the truth by the Spirit to unfeigned brotherly love, out of pure hearts love ye one another cordially: 23 Begotten again, not of corrupted seed, but uncorrupted, by the word of God, living and remaining forever. 24 For all flesh as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass dried up, and the flower fell out:
Cross References
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God living, and effective, and more piercing than any two-mouthed sword, and penetrating even to the division both of soul and spirit, both the joints and marrows, and a critic of the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
1 Peter 1:3
Praised the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy having begotten us again to a living hope, by the rising up of Jesus Christ from the dead,
John 1:13
They were not born of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, Except any one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
James 1:18
Having willed he brought forth by the word of truth, for us to be some first fruit of his creatures.
Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet whom with him a dream, he will recount a dream; and whom my word with him, he will speak my word in truth. What to the straw with the grain? says Jehovah.
Malachi 2:3
Behold me rebuking the seed to you, and I scattered dung upon your faces, the dung of your festivals; and it lifted you up to it.
Matthew 24:35
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words should not pass away.
John 1:3
All things were by him; and without him out him was not one thing that was.
John 3:5
Jesus says to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, Except any one be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot come into the kingdom of God.
John 6:63
It is the spirit making alive; the flesh profits nothing: the words which I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
Romans 1:23
And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For this corrupted must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality.
1 Peter 1:25
And the word of the Lord remains forever. And this is the word having announced good news to you.
1 John 3:9
Every one born of God does not sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, for he has been born of God.
1 John 5:18
We know that every one born of God sins not; but he born of God keeps himself, and evil touches him not.