‘And this is the word of good tidings which was preached to you.'

And this ‘word (rema) of the Lord' is the very word of good tidings that had been preached to his readers and had brought their response. By this incorruptible seed they have been begotten again to incorruptible life. They are no longer ‘flesh'. They are renewed flesh which contains within it the seed of resurrection life. In terms to be used later (1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:6) they are ‘spirit'.

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