²³ having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, [1]

²³ since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

²³ For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.