CD 4.23

4.23. Fifth Head of Doctrine, Rejection of Errors 8

Who teach: That it is not absurd that one having lost his first regeneration, is again and even often born anew. For these deny by this doctrine the incorruptibleness of the seed of God, whereby we are born again. Contrary to the testimony of the Apostle Peter: "Having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible," I Peter 1:23.

Proof texts

• 1 Pet. 1:23 — [23] since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited 1 Pet. 1:23 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. WLC Q79 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
3. WLC Q80 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WLC Q79 · WLC Q80 · WLC Q81 · WCF 17.1 · 1689 17.1 · 1689 17.2 · 1689 17.3 · 1689 18.1 · 1689 18.2 · 1689 18.3 · 1689 18.4