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having been born again,ἀναγεγεννημένοιnotοὐκofἐκperishableφθαρτῆςseedσπορᾶςbutἀλλὰof imperishable,ἀφθάρτουthroughδιὰthe wordλόγουof God,θεοῦlivingζῶντοςandκαὶremaining.μένοντος
1 Peter 1:23
Study it in the app“having been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the word of God, living and remaining.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Peter 1:23, word by word
- having been born againἀναγεγεννημένοιanagegennēmenoi
give new birth
Cause to be born again, give new birth.
Where else “anagegennēmenoi” appears- perishableφθαρτῆςphthartēs
perishable
Perishable, corruptible: what decays and dies.
Where else “phthartēs” appears- seedσπορᾶςsporas
seed, sowing
Seed; sowing; hence origin.
Where else “sporas” appears- of imperishableἀφθάρτουaphthartou
imperishable
Imperishable, incorruptible.
Where else “aphthartou” appears- the wordλόγουlogou
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logou” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- livingζῶντοςzōntos
live
To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.
Where else “zōntos” appears- remainingμένοντοςmenontos
remain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “menontos” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
“Living and remaining” can refer to the word or to God. Many manuscripts add “forever.”
The context
22Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, love one another earnestly from the heart,
23 · This verse (above)
24For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withered, and the flower fell;