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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Read Full Chapter →Peter quotes Isaiah: all human life is like grass, and its glory like a flower that withers and falls.
What Does 1 Peter 1:24 Mean?
Peter borrows the prophet's image to measure human strength honestly. Flesh is grass; the glory people prize is a blossom, bright in the morning and gone by evening.
The point is not despair but perspective. Everything the world trusts in, beauty, power, achievement, shares the brief life of a wildflower. Set against the enduring word of the previous verse, the contrast is stark and clarifying. Peter is teaching exiles where to place their weight: not on the grass that withers, but on the word that does not.