“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead — the opening doxology (eulogētos, blessed/praised) celebrates God's mercy (eleōs) as the source of regeneration (anagennaō, born again) into hope (elpis zōsa, living hope). The living hope is grounded specifically in Christ's resurrection (exanastasis), establishing the eschatological anchor of Christian faith. The new birth transforms believers' fundamental condition from despair to hope.
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