1 Peter 1:23 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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ASV

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

KJV

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

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Being born again - See the notes at Joh 3:3. Not of corruptible seed - “Not by virtue of any descent from human parents” - Doddridge. The result of such a birth, or of being begotten in this way - for so the word rendered “born again” more properly signifies - is only corruption and decay. We are begotten only to die. There is no permanent, enduring life produced by that. It is in this sense that this is spoken of as, “corruptible seed,” because it results in decay and death.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 398: “The New Nature” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1861)

PETER HAD earnestly exhorted the scattered saints to love each other “with a pure heart fervently,” and he wised fetches his argument, not from the law, nor from nature, nor from philosophy, but from that high and divine nature which God hath implanted in his people. Love each other with a pure heart fervently, for ye have been born again, not with corruptible seed, but with incorruptible. I might compare Peter to some judicious tutor of the princes of the blood, who labors to beget and foster a kingly spirit in the king’s sons.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The life is in God, yet it is communicated to us through the word. "The Gospel shall never cease, though its ministry shall" [CALOVIUS]. The abiding resurrection glory is always connected with our regeneration by the Spirit.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀναγεγεννημένοι	anagegennēmenoi	born again	G313 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
σπορᾶς	sporas	seed	G4701 →
φθαρτῆς	phthartēs	perishable	G5349 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἀφθάρτου	aphthartou	of imperishable	G862 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
λόγου	logou	[the] word	G3056 →
ζῶντος	zōntos	living	G2198 →
θεοῦ	theou	of God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
μένοντος	menontos	abiding	G3306 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
leads to
- Psalms 119:130
  The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 23:29
  “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
- Isaiah 55:11
  so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Ephesians 6:17
  And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
- Isaiah 49:2
  He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.
Through
John 3:3
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- John 3:5–6
  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- 1 Peter 1:23–25
  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Peter

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Peter