1 Peter 1:23

begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,

24Because all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as a flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower of it falls away,

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:37And if [any] of their carcass falls upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts, and ye shall be taken away with it.

John 1:3All things came to be through him, and apart from him not even one thing came to be that has come to be.

John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 6:63It is the spirit that makes alive. The flesh benefits nothing. The sayings that I speak to you are spirit, are life.

1 Corinthians 15:53For this perishable must put on imperishability, and this mortal put on immortality.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24

Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →

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