11 translations · Greek
1 Peter 1:23
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
1 Peter 1:23 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- KJV King James Version
- Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- being begotten again, not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through a word of God—living and remaining—throughout the age;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- You've been born again, not the product of a mortal “seed,” but immortal, through the living, eternal word of God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God — living and remaining — to the age;
- DBY Darby Translation
- being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀναγεγεννημένοι | anagegennēmenoi | For you have been born again | G313 ἀναγεννάω to beget |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 οὐ no |
| ἐκ | ek | of | G1537 ἐκ out from |
| σπορᾶς | sporas | seed | G4701 σπορά seed |
| φθαρτῆς | phthartēs | perishable | G5349 φθαρτός perishable |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | but | G235 ἀλλά but |
| ἀφθάρτου | aphthartou | of imperishable | G862 ἄφθαρτος incorruptible |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 διά through/because of |
| λόγου | logou | word | G3056 λόγος word |
| ζῶντος | zōntos | [the] living | G2198 ζάω to live |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| μένοντος | menontos | enduring | G3306 μένω to stay |
Related verses
- 1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- John 1:13
who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
- John 3:3
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
- John 6:63
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
- 1 Corinthians 15:53–54
For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
- James 1:18
Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
- 1 John 5:18
We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.
- 1 John 3:9
Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
25 but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
Read all of 1 Peter 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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