1 Peter 1:23

The Enduring Word

22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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Berean Standard Bible
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
American Standard Version (1901)
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
Bible in Basic English
Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Being born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, by the word of God who liveth and remaineth for ever.
Free Bible Version
You've been born again, not the product of a mortal “seed,” but immortal, through the living, eternal word of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
Being borne anewe, not of mortall seede, but of immortall, by the woorde of God, who liueth and endureth for euer.
King James (Authorized) Version
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Plain English Version
God gave you new life. It’s not like the life you got from your mother and father. That life will end. But when you listened properly to God’s message, he gave you new life, like you got born again. Your new life will not end, because God’s word will never finish up. It lives for ever.
Translation for Translators
I ask you to do this, because you now have a new life [MET]. It was not by means of something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was by means of something that will last forever; that is, by believing the life-giving and enduring message of God.
Unlocked Literal Bible
You have been born again, not from perishable seed, but from imperishable seed, through the living and remaining word of God.
Noah Webster Bible
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
World English Bible
having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
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;