Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Peter 1:3

"Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead," — 1 Peter 1:3 (ASV)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

And, truly, this is a blessing, beyond all comparison or imagination, that we have been begotten again by the Divine Father to a "living" hope, for that is a better rendering than "lively." Our first birth brought us into sin and sorrow, but our second birth brings us into purity and joy.

We were born to die; now we are born never to die, "begotten again" to a life that shall remain in us forevermore, a life which shall even penetrate these mortal bodies, and make them immortal, "by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."