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having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
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Born from an Eternal Source
Your new birth as a Christian is fundamentally different from your physical birth. Commentators explain that while physical life comes from 'corruptible seed' leading to decay, your spiritual life comes from an 'incorruptible' source. This source is the eternal Word of God, which plants a new, divine life in you that will never fade.
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1 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Being born again. (See the notes on John 3:3.)
Not of corruptible seed. This is, as Doddridge notes, "not by virt…
Having been begotten again (αναγεγεννημενο). Perfect passive participle of αναγενναω, which see in verse 2.
Not of …
19th Century
Anglican
Being born again.—Rather, Having been begotten again. It is not part of the exhortation, as though they still had to be b…
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Baptist
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another wi…
Peter now expresses the second reason for Christians to love others: “you have been born again.” This phrase stresses the state into which Christia…
16th Century
Protestant
Being born again. Here is another reason for an exhortation: since they were new men and born again of God, it was fitting for them to liv…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Being born again As they were of God, according to his abundant mercy, by the resurrection of Christ, to a lively ho…
Holy confidence in God as a Father and awe-filled fear of Him as a Judge harmonize; and to regard God always as a Judge endears Him to us as a Fath…
