1 Peter 1:24

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:

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	διότι dioti	G1360	on the very account that · conjunction
all	πᾶσα pasa	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular feminine
flesh	σὰρξ sarx	G4561	flesh (as stripped of the skin) · noun — nominative singular feminine
as	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
grass	χόρτος, chortos	G5528	a "court" or "garden" · noun — nominative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
all	πᾶσα pasa	G3956	all · adjective — nominative singular feminine
glory	δόξα doxa	G1391	glory (as very apparent) · noun — nominative singular feminine
man	ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι))
as	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
flower	ἄνθος anthos	G438	a blossom · noun — nominative singular neuter
grass	χόρτου· chortou	G5528	a "court" or "garden" · noun — genitive singular masculine
grass	χόρτος, chortos	G5528	a "court" or "garden" · noun — nominative singular masculine
withereth	ἐξηράνθη exēranthē	G3583	to desiccate · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
flower	ἄνθος anthos	G438	a blossom · noun — nominative singular neuter
thereof	αὐτῆς autēs	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular feminine
away	ἐξέπεσεν· exepesen	G1601	to drop away · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 40:6-8 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Psalms 103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vani…
James 1:10-11 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Psalms 37:2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
2 Kings 19:26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green he…
Psalms 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psalms 129:6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:24–end

The apostle having given an account of the excellency of the renewed spiritual man as born again, not of corruptible but incorruptible seed, he now sets before us the vanity of the natural man, taking him with all his ornaments and advantages about him: For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass; and nothing can make him a solid substantial being, but the being born again of the incorruptible seed, the word of God, which will transform him into a most excellent creature, whose glory will not fade like a flower, but shine like an angel; and this word is daily set before you in the preaching of the gospel. Learn, 1. Man, in his utmost flourish and glory, is stil…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 1:24

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 the wisdom, strength, riches, learning, honor, beauty, art, virtue, and righteousness of the NATURAL man (expressed by "flesh"), which all are transitory (Joh 3:6), not OF MAN (as English Version reads) absolutely, for the glory of man, in…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 1:24

For 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.

John Gill on 1 Peter 1:24

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 (l) 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. and all the glory of man as the…

The Church Fathers

Here we see the two sides of the human being. The outer man is like the flower of the field which is mortal and will pass away, whereas the inner man lives forever by the power of the living God.
— Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

This is the nature of all flesh, and the portrait of a man made from clay, I mean someone who loves his own body and lives according to the flesh. Like the grass of the field and like beautiful flowers he will soon wither and die.
— Eusebius of Caesarea, CATENA

Just like grass, the people have dried up and their flower has fallen. God here foretold the salvation of the Gentiles and the sterility of the Jews. For by nature the human race is like grass, and the flowers of the grass are our pride and glory. But just as when the grass withers the flowers fall off, so when men die, their pride and glory are extinguished.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, CATENA

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Glory — (Heb. kabhod; Gr. doxa). (1.) Abundance, wealth, treasure, and hence honour (Ps. 49:12); glory (Gen. 31:1; Matt. 4:8; Rev. 21:24, 26). (2.) Honour, dignity (1 Kings 3:13; Heb. 2:7 1 Pet. 1:24); of…
Death, Natural · Regard, as at hand — Regard, as at hand
Flowers · Mentioned in scripture: Of the grass — Mentioned in scripture: Of the grass
Glory · .Passes away — .Passes away
Grass · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Life, Natural · Is compared to: Grass — Is compared to: Grass
Man · Compared to: Grass — Compared to: Grass
Worldliness · 12:2; — 12:2;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Peter 1:24

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 1:24

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 1:24

John Gill on 1 Peter 1:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Peter 1:24

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 1:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 1:24

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 1:24

John Gill on 1 Peter 1:24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 1 Peter 1:23–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Peter 1:22–end