1 Peter
King James Version (KJV)
1 Peter 1:23
“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.”
King James Version (KJV)
1 Peter 1:23 Context
20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. 22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
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Other Translations
Being borne againe, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liueth and abideth for euer.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, {that is,} through the living and enduring word of God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.
- Darby Bible
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- Webster's Bible
For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.
- Weymouth Bible
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- World English Bible
And be ye borun ayen, not of corruptible seed, `but vncorruptible, bi the word of lyuynge God, and dwellynge in to with outen ende.
- Wycliffe Bible
being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, {that is,} through the living and enduring word of God.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.
- Darby Bible
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- Webster's Bible
For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.
- Weymouth Bible
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- World English Bible
And be ye borun ayen, not of corruptible seed, `but vncorruptible, bi the word of lyuynge God, and dwellynge in to with outen ende.
- Wycliffe Bible
being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for 1 Peter 1:23
1:23 Which liveth - Is full of divine virtue. And abideth the same for ever.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Peter 1:23
1Pe 1:23 Being born again. At conversion. See Joh 3:1-6. Not of corruptible seed. A birth always implies a moving cause. In this birth the new life is planted by "incorruptible" seed, even by the word of God. See also Ac 10:36 Jas 1:18. The gospel preached and lodged in the heart, "the power of God to salvation" (Ro 1:16), is the power that moves the soul to a new life. Which liveth and abideth forever. God's word is living and eternal. It has life in it and hence communicates life. See Heb 4:12.