1Pe 1:24 | RWP | e4.org | , Quotation from (partly like the LXX, partly like the Hebrew). For ( διοτ ). As in verse ( δια and οτ ), "for that." So in . See a free use of this imagery about the life of man as grass and a flower in . 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 ). Falleth ( εξεπεσεν ). Second aorist (gnomic, timeless) active indicative of εκπιπτω (see ). In verse note εις υμας (unto you) like εις υμας in ( υμιν dative).

‏ 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).