18 He chose to give us birth(A) through the word of truth,(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(C) of all he created.

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18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

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18 (A)Of His own will He brought us forth by the (B)word of truth, (C)that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

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

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

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23 (A)having been born again, not of [a]corruptible seed but [b]incorruptible, (B)through the word of God which lives and abides [c]forever,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:23 perishable
  2. 1 Peter 1:23 imperishable
  3. 1 Peter 1:23 NU omits forever