1 Pedro 1:24

24 Porque«todo mortal es como la hierba,y toda su gloria como la flor del campo;la hierba se seca y la flor se cae,

1 Pedro 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.

1 Pedro 1:24 In-Context

22 Ahora que se han purificado obedeciendo a la verdad y tienen un amor sincero por sus hermanos, ámense de todo corazón los unos a los otros.

23 Pues ustedes han nacido de nuevo, no de simiente perecedera, sino de simiente imperecedera, mediante la palabra de Dios que vive y permanece.

24 Porque«todo mortal es como la hierba,y toda su gloria como la flor del campo;la hierba se seca y la flor se cae,

25 pero la palabra del Señor permanece para siempre».Y esta es la palabra del evangelio que se les ha anunciado a ustedes.