1 Peter 1:24

1:24 For

all flesh ¹  is like grass

and all its glory like the flower of the grass; ² 

the grass withers and the flower falls off,

1 Peter 2:6

2:6 For it says ³  in scripture, “Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, ⁴  and whoever believes ⁵  in him ⁶  will never ⁷  be put to shame.” ⁸ 

[1:24]  ¹ sn Here all flesh is a metaphor for humanity – human beings as both frail and temporary.

[1:24]  ² tn Or “a wildflower.”

[2:6]  ³ tn Grk “it contains,” “it stands.”

[2:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “chosen, priceless.”

[2:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “the one who believes.”

[2:6]  ⁶ tn Grk either “in him” or “in it,” but the OT and NT uses personify the stone as the King, the Messiah whom God will establish in Jerusalem.

[2:6]  ⁷ tn The negative (οὐ μή, ou mh) is emphatic: “will certainly not.”

[2:6]  ⁸ sn A quotation from Isa 28:16.