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1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For

all flesh[a] is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of the grass;[b]
the grass withers and the flower falls off,
25 but the word of the Lord[c] endures forever.[d]

And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:24 sn Here all flesh is a metaphor for humanity—human beings as both frail and temporary.
  2. 1 Peter 1:24 tn Or “a wildflower.”
  3. 1 Peter 1:25 sn The word of the Lord is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rhēma tou kuriou; here and in Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logos tou kuriou; Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 1:8; 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said.
  4. 1 Peter 1:25 sn A quotation from Isa 40:6, 8.
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