1Pe 1:23, 1Jo 5:18 | ISV | STEP | For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish—by the living and everlasting word of God.

‏ 1 Peter 1:23

23 For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish—by the living and everlasting word of God. ^{▼▼Or by the word of the living and everlasting God}John 1:13; 3:5; James 1:18; 1John 3:9

‏ 1 John 5:18

18 We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son ^{▼▼Lit. the one who has been born} of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.James 1:27; 1Pet 1:23; 1John 3:9