# Born Anew ## Ignatius Catholic Study Bible *Born Anew* ([[1-peter-01#^1-peter-01-3|1 Pet 1:3]]) - *Anagennaō* (Gk.) means \"regenerate\" or \"cause to be born again\". It occurs in the NT only in [[1-peter-01#^1-peter-01-3|1 Pet 1:3]] and [[1-peter-01#^1-peter-01-23|1:23]], but parallel notions , but parallel notions , but parallel notions , but parallel notions , but parallel notions , but parallel notions are expressed in similar words in [[john-03#^john-03-3|Jn 3:3-5]], [[titus-03#^titus-03-5|Tit 3:5]], and [[1-john-03#^1-john-03-9|1 Jn 3:9]]. For Peter, the rebirth of Jesus from the dead (resurrection) gives believers a spiritual rebirth by grace (regeneration). The idea is that God fathers or begets us anew, not in the natural way of biological parentage, but in a supernatural way that gives us a share in his own divine life (cf. [[2-peter-01#^2-peter-01-4|2 Pet 1:4]]). The benefit of this grace is a new birth into the family of God, so that believers united with Christ become \"newborn infants\" ([[1-peter-02#^1-peter-02-2|1 Pet 2:2]]) and \"children\" ([[1-peter-01#^1-peter-01-14|1 Pet 1:14]]) united in a \"brotherhood\" of faith ([[1-peter-05#^1-peter-05-9|1 Pet 5:9]]). It is their privilege to invoke God as \"Father\" ([[1-peter-01#^1-peter-01-17|1 Pet 1:17]]) and to await heaven as their \"inheritance\" ([[1-peter-01#^1-peter-01-4|1 Pet 1:4]]). ### Source [[21-first-peter-commentary#^o1jcxw|Born Anew — word study]]