1 Peter 1:23 (YLT)

Passage

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

Nearby Context

1 Peter 1:21 who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

1 Peter 1:22 Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,

1 Peter 1:23 being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God--living and remaining--to the age;

1 Peter 1:24 because all flesh <FI>is<Fi> as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,

1 Peter 1:25 and the saying of the Lord doth remain--to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "Your souls having purified in the obedience..." into verse 24's "because all flesh FI is Fi as...", so "begotten" and "again" 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 "begotten" and "again" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.