1 Peter 1:25

25 but the word of the Lord endures {forever}^[a]."^[b] And this is the word that has been proclaimed to you.

1 Peter 1:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever
Though men die, and ministers of the word too, and everything in the world is uncertain, unstable, fleeting, and passing away, and whatever change has been in the ordinances of divine service; yet the word of the Lord, the Gospel of Christ, is settled for ever, and will never pass away:

and this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you;
this is the apostle's application of the passage in Isaiah, showing that the word of the Lord there is the same with the Gospel preached by him, and the other apostles, at that present time; and is no other than that good tidings Zion is said to bring; see ( Isaiah 40:9 ) the selfsame Gospel the Prophet Isaiah preached the apostles did, though with greater clearness, and more success; see ( Romans 10:8 Romans 10:16 ) .

1 Peter 1:25 In-Context

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

24 For "all flesh [is] like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers and the flower falls off,

25 but the word of the Lord endures {forever}." And this is the word that has been proclaimed to you.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "for the age"
• [b]. A quotation from Isa 40:6, 8