1 Peter 1:23

like persons born again, not of seed that perisheth, but of that which doth not perish, by the living word of God, who abideth for ever.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

In Context

22while your minds became sanctified, by obedience to the truth; and ye be full of love, without respect of persons, so that ye love one another out of a pure and perfect heart;

24Because all flesh is as grass, and all its beauty like the flower of the field. The grass drieth up, and the flower withereth away;

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Cross References

John 1:3Every thing was by his hand; and without him, was not any thing whatever that existed.

John 3:3Jesus replied, and said to him: Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born anew, he cannot behold the kingdom of God.

John 6:63It is the Spirit that vivifieth; the body profiteth nothing. The words which I have used with you, they are spirit, and they are life.

1 Corinthians 15:53For this which is corruptible, is to put on incorruption; and that which dieth, will put on immortality.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24

Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →

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