Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Having been begotten again (anagegennhmenoi). Perfect passive participle of anagennaw, which see in verse I Peter 1:2.
Not of corruptible seed (ouk ek sporav fqarthv). Ablative with ek as the source, for fqartov see verse I Peter 1:18, and sporav (from speirw to sow), old word (sowing, seed) here only in N.T., though sporov in Mark 4:26 f., etc. For "incorruptible" (afqartou) see verse I Peter 1:4; I Peter 3:4.
Through the word of God (dia logou qeou). See James 1:18 for "by the word of truth," verse I Peter 1:25 here, and Peter's use of logov in Acts 10:36. It is the gospel message.
Which liveth and abideth (zwntov kai menontov). These present active participles (from zaw and menw) can be taken with qeou (God) or with logou (word). In verse I Peter 1:25 menei is used with rhma (word). Still in Daniel 6:26 both menwn and zwn are used with qeov. Either construction makes sense here.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Peter 1:23:
1 Peter 1:3
1 Peter 1:18
1 Peter 2:1
1 Peter 2:2
1 Peter 2:4
1 Peter 2:9
1 Peter 3:1
1 Peter 3:4
2 Peter 1:4
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