King James Version

1 Peter 1:23

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “into the age” (εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·) after abiding here.

ἀναγεγεννημένοιanagegennēmenoiBeing born againἀναγεννάω (anagennaō)verb, perfect passive participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “Being born again”, a completed action with a present resultG313I beget again, beget into a new life.Being born againοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofσπορᾶςsporasseedσπορά (spora)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “seed”, the of-formG4701seed sown, a sowing.seedφθαρτῆςphthartēsperishableφθαρτός (phthartos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “perishable”, the of-formG5349corruptible, perishable.This verse uses “perishable”.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butἀφθάρτουaphthartouof incorruptibleἄφθαρτος (aphthartos)adjective, genitive, singular, feminine — “of incorruptible”, the of-formG862indestructible, imperishable, incorruptible; hence: immortal.This verse uses “incorruptible”.of incorruptibleδιὰdiabyδιάpreposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byλόγουlogouwordλόγος (logos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “word”, the of-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.the wordζῶντοςzōntoswhich livethζάω (zaō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “which liveth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2198I live, am alive.which livethθεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andμένοντοςmenontosabidethμένω (menō)verb, present active participle, genitive, singular, masculine — “abideth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3306I remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await.abideth

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰςeisforεἰςpreposition — “for”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.This verse uses “for”.τὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.αἰῶναaiōnaeverαἰών (aiōn)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “ever”, the object formG165an age, a cycle (of time), especially of the present age as contrasted with the future age, and of one of a series of ages stretching to infinity.

Literal (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;

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American Standard Version (1901)

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

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;

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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