1 Peter 1:24

1 Peter 1:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
• New International Version (NIV)For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• English Standard Version (ESV)for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
• New Living Translation (NLT)As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.

Context of 1 Peter 1:24

22Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because “All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, 25But the word of the Lord endures forever.” Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

1 Peter 1:24 word by word

διότι πᾶσα σὰρξ ὡς χόρτος, καὶ πᾶσα δόξα αὐτῆς ὡς ἄνθος χόρτου· ἐξηράνθη ὁ χόρτος, καὶ τὸ ἄνθος ἐξέπεσεν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• grassχόρτοςchortos · grassG5528
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• of manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• the flowerἄνθοςanthos · flowerG438
• The grassὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• witherethξηραίνωxērainō · to dryG3583
• thereofαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• falleth awayἐκπίπτωekpiptō · to fall outG1601

Cross-references for 1 Peter 1:24

• 2 Kings 19:26Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.
• Psalms 37:2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
• Psalms 90:5You carry them away like a flood; They are like a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up:
• Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all the workers of iniquity flourish, It is that they may be destroyed forever.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread.
• Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
• Psalms 129:6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up,
• Isaiah 40:6The voice said, “Cry out!” And he said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is grass, And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
• James 1:10but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.
• James 4:14whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
• 1 John 2:17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 1:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24For all flesh is as grass - Earthly seeds, earthly productions, and earthly generations, shall fail and perish like as the grass and flowers of the field; for the grass withereth, and the flower falleth off, though, in the ensuing spring and summer, they may put forth new verdure and bloom.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24For all flesh is as grass - That is, all human beings, all men. The connection here is this: The apostle, in the previous verse, had been contrasting that which is begotten by man with that which is begotten by God, in reference to its permanency. The forher was corruptible and decaying; the latter abiding. The latter was produced by God, who lives forever; the former by the agency of man, who is himself corruptible and dying. It was not unnatural, then…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 Holy confidence in God as a Father, and awful fear of him as a Judge, agree together; and to regard God always as a Judge, makes him dear to us as a Father. If believers do evil, God will visit them with corrections. Then, let Christians not doubt God's faithfulness to his promises, nor give way to enslaving dread of his wrath, but let them reverence his holiness. The fearless professor is defenceless, and Satan takes him captive at his will…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25After calling believers to live holy lives (1:13–21), Peter explains how they must show love to one another as fellow Christians.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. Scripture proof that the word of God lives for ever, in contrast to man's natural frailty. If ye were born again of flesh, corruptible seed, ye must also perish again as the grass; but now that from which you have derived life remains eternally, and so also will render you eternal. flesh--man in his mere earthly nature. as--omitted in some of the oldest manuscripts. of man--The oldest manuscripts read, "of it" (that is, of the flesh). "The glory" is…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 1:24

• Death
• Glory
• Grass
• Life
• Quotations and Allusions
• Word of God
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on 1 Peter 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings