Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Begotten again, not of corrupted seed, but uncorrupted, by the word of God, living and remaining forever.
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.
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 And forasmuch as ye have purified your souls through the spirit, in obeying the truth for to love brotherly without feigning, see that ye love one another with a pure heart, fervently: 23 for ye are born anew, not of mortal seed, but of immortal seed, by the word of God which liveth, and lasteth forever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,
Cross References
Hebrews 4:12
for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which through his abundant mercy begat us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death,
John 1:13
which were born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh, nor yet of the will of man: but of God.
John 3:3
Jesus answered, and said unto him, "Verily, verily I say unto thee: except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of life, that we should be the first fruits of his creatures.
Jeremiah 23:28
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell it: and he that understandeth my word, let him show it faithfully. For what hath chaff and wheat to do together, sayeth the LORD?
Malachi 2:3
Behold, I shall corrupt your seed, and cast dung in your faces: even the dung of your solemn feasts and it shall cleave fast upon you.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall perish: but my words shall abide.
John 1:3
All things were made by it, and without it was made no thing, that was made.
John 3:5
Jesus answered, "Verily, verily I say unto thee: Except that a man be born of water, and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth, the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I speak unto you are spirit and life.
Romans 1:23
and turned the glory of the immortal God, unto the similitude of the image: of mortal man, and of birds, and four footed beasts and of serpents.
1 Corinthians 15:53-54
For this corruptible must put on incorruptibility: and this mortal must put on immortality.
1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord endureth ever. And this is the word which by the gospel was preached among you.
1 John 3:9
All that are born of God do no sin, for his seed abideth in them, and they cannot sin, because they be born of God.
1 John 5:18
We know that all that are born of God, sin not: but he that is born of God keepeth himself, and that wicked toucheth him not.