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24 For

“All human life[a] is like grass,
    and all its glory is like a flower in the grass.
The grass dries up and the flower drops off,
25 but the word of the Lord[b] lasts forever.”[c]

Now this word is the good news that was announced to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:24 Lit. all flesh
  2. 1 Peter 1:25 MT source citation reads Lord
  3. 1 Peter 1:25 Cf. Isa 40:6-8

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)