Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Ver. 23. Born again] A man shall never have occasion to curse the day of his new birth.
By the word of God] Made prolific and generative by the Spirit, 1 John 3:9. It is the Father that regenerateth us originally, Titus 3:5, the Son meritoriously and effectively, John 14:19; Ephesians 5:26; the Holy Ghost consummately and applicatorily, through faith wrought and increased in us by the word and sacraments, James 1:18; Acts 22:16; "Be baptized, and wash away thy sins," i.e. be renewed.