1 Peter 1:24

Because all flesh is as grass, and all its beauty like the flower of the field. The grass drieth up, and the flower withereth away;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

23like persons born again, not of seed that perisheth, but of that which doth not perish, by the living word of God, who abideth for ever.

25but the word of our God abideth for ever: and this is the word that is announced to you.

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Cross References

James 4:14And they know not what will be to-morrow: for what is our life, but an exhalation that is seen a little while, and then vanisheth and is gone?

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:14-24

Sobriety and Holiness; Exhortation to Brotherly Love. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of… Read the whole commentary →

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