1 Peter 1:23

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding Word of God.

New Heart English Bible

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

22Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:

24For,"All flesh is like grass,and all it's glory like the flower in the grass.The grass withers, and its flower falls;

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:37If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

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

John 1:3All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

John 3:3Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

John 6:63It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

1 Corinthians 15:53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must 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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