1 Peter 1:23 — Compare Translations

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You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

because you have been born again — not of perishable seed but of imperishable — through the living and enduring word of God.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

English EASY 2024

You now have a new life! It is not like a human life that quickly comes to an end. It is a new life that will never spoil. You received it because you believed God's message. That message continues for ever and it does not change.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You have been born again. This new life did not come from something that dies. It came from something that cannot die. You were born again through God's life-giving message that lasts forever.

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

For through the living and eternal word of God you have been born again as the children of a parent who is immortal, not mortal.

English God's Word - GW 1995

You have been born again, not from a seed that can be destroyed, but through God's everlasting word that can't be destroyed. That's why {Scripture says},

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

since you have been born again-- not of perishable seed but of imperishable-- through the living and enduring word of God.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

for you have been born again not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and abiding word of God,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You have been born again by means of the living word of God. His word lasts forever. You were not born again from a seed that will die. You were born from a seed that can't die.

English NIV

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

English NKJ 1982

having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

English NLT

For you have been born again. Your new life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

For through the eternal and living Word of God you have been born again. And this “seed” that he planted within you can never be destroyed but will live and grow inside of you forever. For:

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

For you have a new life. It was not passed on to you from your parents, for the life they gave you will fade away. This new one will last forever, for it comes from Christ, God's ever-living Message to men.

English Tyndale 1537

for ye are born a new, not of mortal(corruptible) seed, but of immortal(uncorruptible) seed, by the word of God which liveth, and lasteth for ever,(by the living word of God, which endureth for ever)