1 Peter 1:23

being regenerated not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever.

1770 John Worsley NT

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 therefore purified your souls by obedience to the truth, through the Spirit, to brotherly love unfeigned, love one another with a pure heart fervently:

24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: the grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away;

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Cross References

John 1:3By Him were all things made, and without Him was not any one thing made that was made.

John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily verily I tell thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 6:63The spirit is the principle of life, the flesh availeth nothing: now the words that I speak unto you are spirit, and therefore life.

1 Corinthians 15:53for this corruptible body must put on incorruption, and this mortal body must be clothed with 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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