1 Peter 1:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀναγεγεννημένοι, οὐκ ἐκ σπορᾶς φθαρτῆς, ἀλλὰ ἀφθάρτου, διὰ λόγου ζῶντος Θεοῦ, καὶ μένοντος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

Transliteration

Having been anagegennēmenoi, not from sporas phthartēs, but aphthartou, through logou zōntos of Theou, and menontos into the aiōna.

Grammar Details

*anagegennēmenoi*: perfect, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - causal/basis
*sporas*: genitive, feminine, singular - source
*phthartēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - attributive
*aphthartou*: genitive, feminine, singular - attributive
*logou*: genitive, masculine, singular - means/instrument
*zōntos*: present, active, participle, genitive, masculine, singular - attributive
*Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - possession/source
*menontos*: present, active, participle, genitive, masculine, singular - attributive
*aiōna*: accusative, masculine, singular - extent/duration

Word Meanings

*anagegennēmenoi*: having been born again/regenerated/begotten anew
*sporas*: seed/sowing/origin
*phthartēs*: perishable/corruptible/subject to decay
*aphthartou*: imperishable/incorruptible/eternal
*logou*: word/message/account
*zōntos*: living/alive/active
*Theou*: God/deity
*menontos*: remaining/abiding/enduring
*aiōna*: age/eternity/forever

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 1:13 : 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
1 Cor 15:53-54 : 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
John 6:63 : 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
1 Pet 1:25 : 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
1 John 3:9 : 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1 John 5:18 : 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Rom 1:23 : 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
John 1:3 : 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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