1 Peter 1:24 (WEB)
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
Fathers and councils · 9
Gregory of Nyssa
““Verily the grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 24; Is. xl. 8.
Read the whole comment- Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity On Virginity.4On Virginity
“…this holds cheaply all that mankind prizes, whose only love is the divine life, because “all flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass,” can never care for this grass which “to-day is and to-morrow is not”; studying the divine ways, he knows not only that human life has no fixity, but that the…” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 24.
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John Chrysostom
““The glory of man is as the flower of the grass” ( 1 Pet. i. 24 ); and what is meaner than the flower of the grass?” — the author cites it
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Jerome
““All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 24.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The grass withereth, the flower thereof falleth away; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever.’” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 8; 1 Pet. i. 24, 25
Read the whole comment“But perhaps a man will say, “My soul is the temple of God, not my body,” and will add this testimony also, “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 24.
Read the whole comment““But the word of the Lord endureth for ever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 7, Sept.; 1 Pet. i. 24, 25.
Read the whole comment“And, brethren, recollect that Prophetical and Evangelical testimony, for it is read in the Gospel; “All flesh is grass, and all the glory of flesh as the flower of grass; the grass withereth, the flower falleth away, the Word of the Lord endureth for ever.”” — editor's note: Isa. xl. 6, 7; Jas. i. 10; 1 Pet. i. 24, 25.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“The grass withereth, and its flower falleth; but the word of the Lord abideth for ever.”” — editor's note: 1 Pet. i. 24.
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Cross-references · 21
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Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 16 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 16.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 69.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in On Virginity On Virginity.4.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 74.
Quotes
1 Peter 1:24 takes up the words of Isaiah 40:6 (7 words in common).