13 (A)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

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13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(A)

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15 For (A)in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.

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15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything;(A) what counts is the new creation.(B)

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(A)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through (B)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

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he saved us,(A) not because of righteous things we had done,(B) but because of his mercy.(C) He saved us through the washing(D) of rebirth and renewal(E) by the Holy Spirit,

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18 (A)Of His own will He brought us forth by the (B)word of truth, (C)that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

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18 He chose to give us birth(A) through the word of truth,(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(C) of all he created.

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23 (A)having been born again, not of [a]corruptible seed but [b]incorruptible, (B)through the word of God which lives and abides [c]forever,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:23 perishable
  2. 1 Peter 1:23 imperishable
  3. 1 Peter 1:23 NU omits forever

23 For you have been born again,(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(B) through the living and enduring word of God.(C)

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Whoever has been (A)born of God does not sin, for (B)His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

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No one who is born of God(A) will continue to sin,(B) because God’s seed(C) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

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