1 Peter 1:23

being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by [the] living and abiding word of God.

Darby Translation

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

22Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;

24Because all flesh [is] as grass, and all its glory as [the] flower of grass. The grass has withered and [its] flower has fallen;

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:37And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean;

Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts; and they shall take you away with it.

John 1:3All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.

John 3:3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 6:63It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.

1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, 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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