The Enduring Word

1 Peter 1:23

In 9 translations

BSB: For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
KJV: Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
WEB: having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
ASV: having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
LSV: being begotten again, not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through a word of God—living and remaining—throughout the age;
YLT: being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God — living and remaining — to the age;
DBY: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.Elohim
DRC: Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.
GNV: Being borne anewe, not of mortall seede, but of immortall, by the woorde of God, who liueth and endureth for euer.

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In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα (“into the age”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Spelling of ἀλλ᾽: NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: ἀλλὰ.

SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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SBLGNT: μένοντος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μένοντος; Robinson–Pierpont add εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: ἀναγεγεννημένοι οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς ἀλλὰ ἀφθάρτου, διὰ λόγου ζῶντος θεοῦ καὶ μένοντος·
RP2018: ἀναγεγεννημένοι οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς, ἀλλὰ ἀφθάρτου, διὰ λόγου ζῶντος θεοῦ καὶ μένοντος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
TR-Boyd: ἀναγεγεννημένοι οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς, ἀλλὰ ἀφθάρτου, διὰ λόγου ζῶντος Θεοῦ καὶ μένοντος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
SCR1894: αναγεγεννημενοι ουκ εκ σπορας φθαρτης αλλα αφθαρτου δια λογου ζωντος θεου και μενοντος εις τον αιωνα

Who and where

👤 God

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Seed Word of God Regeneration Again Begotten Brotherly Kindness; Brotherly Love New Birth, The Baptismal Regeneration Scriptures, The Gospel

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Cross-references most cited first

1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
John 1:13children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.
John 3:3Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
John 6:63The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
1 Corinthians 15:53–54For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written…
James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
1 John 3:9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
1 Peter 1:25but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
John 1:3Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
Jeremiah 23:28Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.

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