1 Peter 1:23

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

24For 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:

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:37If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;

Malachi 2:3See, I will have your arm cut off, and will put waste on your faces, even the waste from your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

John 1:3All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

John 3:3Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

John 6:63The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

1 Corinthians 15:53For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

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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