having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

 Through his death Jesus emancipated men from their bondage to slavery and death; but through his Resurrection he gives them a life which is as glorious and indestructible as his own. Through this triumphant Resurrection we have faith and hope in God ( 1 Peter 1:21). 