1 Peter 1:24

1 John 2:17; 2 Kings 19:26; Isaiah 40:6-8; James 1:10; James 1:11; James 4:14; Psalms 102:4; Psalms 103:15; Psalms 129:6; Psalms 37:2; Psalms 90:5; Psalms 92:7

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 contras...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(14) For all (l) flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: (14...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Peter 1:22 to 1 Peter 2:10 . The Christians, who were formerly pagans, are created a new race in Christ Jesus, and consecrated as a special prie...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

grass . Compare James 1:10 ; James 1:11 . man . The texts read "it", referring to "flesh". withereth . withered. Compare James 1:11 , where t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24 For all flesh He aptly quotes the passage from Isaiah to prove both clauses; that is, to make it evident how fading and miserable is the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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: For all flesh...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For all flesh is as grass, &c.— Flesh is often, by a common figure, put for man: but perhaps the apostle here used the word to intimate tha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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: Scriptur...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Greeting in the Name of the Holy Trinity. Encouragement to Hope in Faith and Obedience 1, 2. To the strangers scattered throughout.. elect] RV 'to...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bare our sins.. on] RM 'carried up.. to.' A sacrificial term is here used: cp. Hebrews 7:27 ; Hebrews 9:28 ; Hebrews 13:15 . The tree ] i.e. th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(13-25) GENERAL APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING. — This salvation being so magnificent, the Asiatic Hebrews must cling to it tenaciously, in holiness, i...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For all flesh is as grass. — The citation is from Isaiah 40:6-8 , and varies between the Hebrew and the LXX. in the kind of way which shows that t...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 5 CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD: ITS CHARACTER AND DUTIES 1 Peter 1:22-25 ; 1 Peter 2:1-3 THAT holy lives have been lived in solitude none wo...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Redeemed and Purified 1 Peter 1:13-25 The appeal for a holy life is enforced by considering the great cost of our redemption and the great hope...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Like the letter of James, the purpose of this was to establish those who were passing through a period of suffering and testing. In his introduction...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: (1...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ABIDING WORD ‘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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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: Ver. 24....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For all flesh Every human creature, is transient and withering as grass The word χορτος, here rendered grass, denotes not only what we generall...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Peter writes with apostolic authority and though it is directly to the dispersed Jewish Christians (strangers both because Jews among Gentiles, and b...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vanity of the Natural Man. A. D. 66. 24 Fo...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Being Begotten Again Of The Living And Eternal Word of God Has Purified Their Souls In Obedience To The Truth, And This Must Work Itself Out In Love...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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;
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Book of Books 1 Peter 1:10-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is said on one occasion, when Sir Walter Scott was sick, he called his son requesting...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All flesh — Every human creature is transient and withering as grass. And all the glory of it — His wisdom, strength, wealth, righteousness. As the...

²⁴ Ford 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:

Related Commentaries of 1 Peter 1:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Peter 1:24