1 Peter 1:23 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Peter 1:21 who through him are believers in God, that raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.

1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

1 Peter 1:23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

1 Peter 1:24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

1 Peter 1:25 But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "been", "begotten", "again", "corruptible", "seed", "incorruptible", and "through". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "been", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Seeing ye have purified your souls in..." into verse 24's "For All flesh is as grass And...", so "having" and "been" belong inside that flow. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "having" and "been" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.