24 For,

‘All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25     but the word of the Lord endures for ever.’[a]

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

24 For,

(A)All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory is like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,
25 (B)But the word of the Lord endures forever.”

And this is (C)the word which was [a]preached to you.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:25 Lit preached as good news to you

24 for

(A)“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,
25 (B)but the word of the Lord remains forever.”

And this word (C)is the good news that was preached to you.

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24 It is written,

“All people are like grass.
    All their glory is like the flowers in the field.
The grass dries up. The flowers fall to the ground.
25     But the word of the Lord lasts forever.” (Isaiah 40:6–8)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a](A)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)