1 Peter 1:25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 1:24-25

The apostle having given an account of the excellency of the renewed spiritual man as born again, not of corruptible but incorruptible seed, he now sets before us the vanity of the natural man, taking him with all his ornaments and advantages about him: For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass; and nothing can make him a solid substantial being, but the being born again of the incorruptible seed, the word of God, which will transform him into a most excellent... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Peter 1:14-25

1:14-25 Be obedient children. Do not continue to live a life which matches the desires of the days of your former ignorance, but show yourselves holy in all your conduct of life as he who called you is holy, because it stands written: "You must be holy, because I am holy." If you address as Father him who judges each man according to his work with complete impartiality, conduct yourselves with reverence throughout the time of your sojourn in this world; for you know that it was not by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever ,.... Though men die, and ministers of the word too, and everything in the world is uncertain, unstable, fleeting, and passing away, and whatever change has been in the ordinances of divine service; yet the word of the Lord, the Gospel of Christ, is settled for ever, and will never pass away: and this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you ; this is the apostle's application of the passage in Isaiah, showing that the word of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord - The doctrine delivered by God concerning Christ endureth for ever, having, at all times and in all seasons, the same excellence and the same efficacy. And this is the word - Το ῥημα , What is spoken, by the Gospel preached unto you. "This is a quotation from Isaiah 40:6-8 , where the preaching of the Gospel is foretold; and recommended from the consideration that every thing which is merely human, and, among the rest, the noblest races of mankind, with all... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 1:25

Verse 25 25But the word of God The Prophet does not shew what the word of God is in itself, but what we ought to think of it; for since man is vanity in himself, it remains that he ought to seek life elsewhere. Hence Peter ascribes power and efficacy to God’s word, according to the authority of the Prophet, so that it can confer on us what is real, solid, and eternal. For this was what the Prophet had in view, that there is no permanent life but in God, and that this is communicated to us by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Peter 1:25

But the Word of the Lord endureth forever . And this is the Word which by the gospel is preached unto you. In this verse, both in the quotation and in the apostle's comment, the Greek equivalent for "word" is not λόγος , as in 1 Peter 1:23 , but ῥῆμα . ̔Ρῆμα is "an utterance, the word uttered," more concrete than λόγος ; yet in some pus-sages, as Ephesians 6:18 ; Hebrews 6:4 and Hebrews 11:3 , it seems to be used as equivalent to λόγος , and the variation here may... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Peter 1:25

But the word of the Lord - In Isaiah Isaiah 40:8 “the word of our God.” The sense is not materially varied.Endureth forever - Is unmoved, fixed, permanent. Amidst all the revolutions on earth, the fading glories of natural objects, and the wasting strength of man, his truth remains unaffected. Its beauty never fades; its power is never enfeebled. The gospel system is as lovely now as it was when it was first revealed to man, and it has as much power to save as it had when first applied to a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 1:24-25

1 Peter 1:24-25. For all flesh Every human creature, is transient and withering as grass The word χορτος , here rendered grass, denotes not only what we generally call grass, but all kinds of herbs; and among the rest, those which have stalks and flowers. And all the glory of man His learning, wisdom, wealth, power, dignity, authority, dominion; as the flower of grass Which is yet more frail than the grass itself. The grass withereth of itself, if not cut down by the scythe of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Peter 1:13-25

Fruits of salvation (1:13-2:3)Now that Christians have received such a great salvation, they should discipline their thoughts and behaviour so that they will always be ready for the return of Jesus Christ (13). They should think and act not according to their former habits, but according to the ways of God. They should pattern their character not on the people of the sinful society around them, but on the holy God (14-16).As Christians reverence God as their Father and Judge, they will want to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Peter 1:25

word . Greek. rhema. See Mark 9:32 . LORD . App-98 . endureth . Greek. meno . Same as "abide", 1 Peter 1:23 . for ever . App-151 . The above is quoted from Isaiah 40:6-8 . App-107 . which . . . preached . Literally evangelized, as 1 Peter 1:12 . read more

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