23 Since you have been born again not of perishable [corruptible – KJV] seed but of imperishable [incorruptible – KJV], through the living and abiding word of God;

24 For, “all men are like grass, and their Glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flower fall, 25 but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word [gospel – KJV or good news – ESV] that was preached to you. NIV

 

“3) In John, denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, his minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world’s life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man’s salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds.” Blue Letter Bible Lexicon

 

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