1 Peter 1:23-25

New International Version

²³For you have been born again,^(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,^(B) through the living and enduring word of God.^(C) ²⁴For,

“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
²⁵ but the word of the Lord endures forever.”^[a]^(D)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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Footnotes

1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

1 Peter 5:4

New International Version

⁴And when the Chief Shepherd^(A) appears, you will receive the crown of glory^(B) that will never fade away.^(C)

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1 Peter 5:4 in all English translations

Isaiah 40:8

New International Version

⁸The grass withers and the flowers^(A) fall,
but the word^(B) of our God endures^(C) forever.^(D)”

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Isaiah 40:8 in all English translations

Psalm 90:2

New International Version

²Before the mountains were born^(A)
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting^(B) you are God.^(C)

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Psalm 90:2 in all English translations

Ephesians 2:4-6

New International Version

⁴But because of his great love for us,^(A) God, who is rich in mercy, ⁵made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions^(B)—it is by grace you have been saved.^(C) ⁶And God raised us up with Christ^(D) and seated us with him^(E) in the heavenly realms^(F) in Christ Jesus,