^{23 Ref} Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

^{24 Ref} For it is said, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass becomes dry and the flower dead:

^{25 Ref} But the word of the Lord is eternal. And this is the word of the good news which was given to you.

^{23 Ref} having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

^{24 Ref} For, "All flesh is like grass, And all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

^{25 Ref} But the Lord's word endures forever." This is the word of good news which was preached to you.