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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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Peter writes to scattered believers under pressure, pivoting from the call to love (1:22) to the ground of their new birth before quoting Isaiah on the withering of flesh (1:24).

The words — ἀναγεγεννημὲνοι (anagegennēmenoi), "having been born again," is a perfect passive participle: the birth is a completed act whose effects persist, not an ongoing process.

The thread — 1 Peter 1:3 already names this "new birth into a living hope"; John 1:13 parallels the negation of human origin ("not of blood… but of God"); Hebrews 4:12 echoes the word's "living and active" character.

Why it lands — The verse ties your standing to the word's endurance, not your own, so the question shifts from "Am I holding on?" to "Is the word still speaking?"

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The Greek words

ἀναγεγεννημένοιanagegennēmenoiborn againοὐκouknotἐκekofσπορᾶςsporasseedφθαρτῆςphthartēsperishableἀλλ᾽all᾽butἀφθάρτουaphthartouof imperishableδιὰdiathroughλόγουlogou[the] wordζῶντοςzōntoslivingθεοῦtheouof Godκαὶkaiandμένοντοςmenontosabidingεἰςeisintoτὸνtontheαἰῶνα·aiōnaage;

King James Version

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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