1 Peter 1:23

23 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.