‏ 1 Peter 1:24

24, 25 Quotation from Isa 40:6-8 (partly like the LXX, partly like the Hebrew).

 For ( διοτ ). As in verse 16 ( δια and  οτ ), "for that." So in 2:6. See a free use of this imagery about the life of man as grass and a flower in Jas 1:11. The best MSS. here read  αυτης (thereof) after  δοξα (glory) rather than  ανθρωπου (of man).

 Withereth ( εξηρανθη ). First aorist (gnomic, timeless) passive indicative of  ξηραινω (see Jas 1:11).

 Falleth ( εξεπεσεν ). Second aorist (gnomic, timeless) active indicative of  εκπιπτω (see Jas 1:11). In verse 25 note  εις υμας (unto you) like  εις υμας in 1:4 ( υμιν dative).

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