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24 The Bible says:

‘All people are like grass.
They may seem beautiful for a short time,
like flowers that grow in the fields.
But grass soon becomes dry and it dies.
Flowers soon fall to the ground.

25 But the Lord God's message will continue for ever.’

That message is the good news about Jesus Christ, which people have taught 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)

24 because

(A)“All flesh is as grass,
And all [a]the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
25 (B)But the [b]word of the Lord endures forever.”

(C)Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as
  2. 1 Peter 1:25 spoken word

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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