Bǐdéqiánshū 1:24

24 Yīnwei fán yǒu xuèqì de , jìn dōu rú cǎo , tāde mĕi róng , dōu xiàng cǎo shang de huā . cǎo bì kū gān , huā bì diāoxiè .

Bǐdéqiánshū 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Bǐdéqiánshū 1:24 In-Context

22 Nǐmen jì yīn shùncóng zhēnlǐ , jiéjìng le zìjǐ de xīn , yǐzhì aì dìxiōng méiyǒu xūjiǎ , jiù dāng cóng xīnli bǐcǐ qiè shí xiāng aì . cóng xīnli yǒu gǔ juàn zuò cóng qīngjié de xīn

23 Nǐmen méng le chóng shēng , bú shì yóuyú néng huaì de zhǒngzǐ , nǎi shì yóuyú bùnéng huaì de zhǒngzǐ , shì jiè zhe shén huópo cháng cún de dào .

24 Yīnwei fán yǒu xuèqì de , jìn dōu rú cǎo , tāde mĕi róng , dōu xiàng cǎo shang de huā . cǎo bì kū gān , huā bì diāoxiè .

25 Wéiyǒu zhǔ de dào shì yǒng cún de . suǒ chuán gĕi nǐmen de fúyin jiù shì zhè dào .