1 Peter 1:24

24 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

Read Chapter Compare

PREVIOUS 1 Peter 1:23 NEXT 1 Peter 1:25

1 Peter 1:24 in Other Translations

KJV

24 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:

ESV

24 for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

NLT

24 As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.

MSG

24 That's why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop,

CSB

24 For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower drops off,

1 Peter 1:24 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 24 For all flesh is as grass
All men, as born of corruptible seed, are frail, mortal, and perishing; they spring up like grass, and look beautiful for a while, but are very weak and tender, and in a little time they are cut down by death, and wither away; and while they live, are, in a good measure, nothing but grass in another form; the substance of their life is greatly by it; what is the flesh they eat, but grass turned into it? and this mortality is not only the case of wicked men, as the Jews ^F12 interpret the word, but of good men; even of the prophets, and preachers of the Gospel; and yet the word of God spoken by them continues for ever: the passage referred to is in ( Isaiah 40:6-8 )

and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass;
all outward things which are in esteem with men, and render them glorious to one another, as riches, honour, wisdom, strength, external righteousness, holiness, and goodness; all which are fading and transitory, like the flower of the field; but the Gospel continues, and reveals durable riches, and honour with Christ; and true wisdom and strength with him, and spiritual knowledge, in comparison of which, all things are dross and dung; and an everlasting righteousness; and true holiness in him: some have thought respect may be had to the legal dispensation, and to all the glory and stateliness and goodliness of the worship and ordinances of it, which were to endure but for a time, and are now removed; and the Gospel dispensation has taken place of them, which will continue to the end of the world:

the grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away;
and so fading are all the above things.

FOOTNOTES:

F12 Targum, Jarchi, & Kimchi, in Isa. xl. 6.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Peter 1:24 In-Context

22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

24 For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”And this is the word that was preached to you.

1 Peter 1:24

Share

Settings

1 Peter 1:24 in Other Translations

1 Peter 1:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Peter 1:24 In-Context