²³ Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

²⁵ But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

¹⁸ Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.