# 1 Peter 1.24 **Book:** [1 Peter](/codex/1-peter/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently: 23. having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth. > > **24. For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:** > > 25. But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you. (1 Peter 1:22-25, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 22. Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: 23. having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. > > **24. 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;** > > 25. but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you. (1 Peter 1:22-25, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 22. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 23. Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. > > **24. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: For: or, For that** > > 25. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. (1 Peter 1:22-25, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 22. Your souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly, 23. being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God, living and remaining, to the age; > > **24. because all flesh [is] as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell away,** > > 25. and the saying of the Lord doth remain, to the age; and this is the saying that was proclaimed good news to you. (1 Peter 1:22-25, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - [G4561 - sarx](/codex/g4561-sarx/), *sarx*, Strong's G4561 - [G1391 - doxa](/codex/g1391-doxa/), *doxa*, Strong's G1391 - [G3956 - pas](/codex/g3956-pas/), *pas*, Strong's G3956 ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Manuscripts](/codex/manuscripts/), via [1 Peter 1.23-25](/codex/1-peter-1-23-25/) ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.