Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on 1 Peter 1:23 in English Standard Version "since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;" Joh 1:13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. Joh 3:3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Jas 1:18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,