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1 Peter 1:24

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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For 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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Peter 1:24-25

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

For all flesh is as grass The words have a two-fold interest: (1) as a quotation from the portion of Isaiah's prophecy (Isa 40:6-8) with which the Apostle must have been familiar in connexion with the…