| MISSING IN ESV, NIV, ESV: for ever |
| KING JAMES BIBLE – HOLY BIBLE Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. |
| ENGLISH REVISED VERSION – 1885 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. |
| NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION – 2011 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. |
| ENGLISH STANDARD VERSION – 2016 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; |