English Standard Version
1 Peter 1:23
23since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;
1 Peter 1:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
- New Living Translation (NLT)For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.
Context of 1 Peter 1:23
21who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. 22Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 25but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
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ἀναγεγεννημένοι οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς ἀλλ᾽ ἀφθάρτου διὰ λόγου ζῶντος θεοῦ καὶ μένοντοςRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Being born againἀναγεννάωanagennaō · to begetG313
- notοὐou · noG3756
- ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- corruptibleφθαρτόςphthartos · perishableG5349
- seedσποράspora · seedG4701
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- of incorruptibleἄφθαρτοςaphthartos · incorruptibleG862
- byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- which livethζάωzaō · to liveG2198
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- abidethμένωmenō · to stayG3306
- forεἰςeis · towardG1519
- everὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- everαἰώνaiōn · an age: ageG165
Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:23
- 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- John 1:3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- John 3:5Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
- Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your offspring, and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it.
- Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
- 1 Corinthians 15:53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
- 1 John 3:9No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
- 1 John 5:18We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
- 1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
- Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord.
- Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
- John 6:63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- James 1:18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Being born again - For being born of Abraham's seed will not avail to the entering of the kingdom of heaven. Not of corruptible seed - By no human generation, or earthly means; but of incorruptible - a Divine and heavenly principle which is not liable to decay, nor to be affected by the changes and chances to which all sublunary things are exposed. By the word of God - · By the doctrine of the living God, which remaineth for ever; which doctrine shall…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Being born again - See the notes at John 3:3. Not of corruptible seed - “Not by virtue of any descent from human parents” - Doddridge. The result of such a birth, or of being begotten in this way - for so the word rendered “born again” more properly signifies - is only corruption and decay. We are begotten only to die. There is no permanent, enduring life produced by that. It is in this sense that this is spoken of as, “corruptible seed,” because it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections. Then, let Christians not doubt God's faithfulness to his promises, nor give way to enslaving dread of his wrath, but let them reverence his holiness. The fearless professor is defenceless, and Satan takes him captive at his will…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25After calling believers to live holy lives (1:13–21), Peter explains how they must show love to one another as fellow Christians.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Christian brotherhood flows from our new birth of an imperishable seed, the abiding word of God. This is the consideration urged here to lead us to exercise brotherly love. As natural relationship gives rise to natural affection, so spiritual relationship gives rise to spiritual, and therefore abiding love, even as the seed from which it springs is abiding, not transitory as earthly things. of ... of ... by--"The word of God" is not the material of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Peter 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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