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.
Being born again {G313}, not {G3756} of {G1537} corruptible {G5349} seed {G4701}, but {G235} of incorruptible {G862}, by {G1223} the word {G3056} of God {G2316}, which liveth {G2198} and {G2532} abideth {G3306} for {G1519} ever {G165}.
You have been born again not from some seed that will decay, but from one that cannot decay, through the living Word of God that lasts forever.
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
Cross-References
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1 Peter 1:3 (29 votes)
¶ Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, -
Hebrews 4:12 (20 votes)
For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. -
John 3:3 (18 votes)
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. -
John 1:13 (17 votes)
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. -
John 6:63 (16 votes)
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life. -
1 Corinthians 15:53 (16 votes)
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. -
1 Corinthians 15:54 (16 votes)
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
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