Jam 1:10, 1Pe 1:24 | Geneva | STEP | {8} But the {i} rich, in that he is made low: {9} because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. (8) Before he concludes, he gives a doctrine contrasted to the former: that is, how we ought to use prosperity, that is, the abundance of all things: that is, so that no man pleases himself, but rather be humble. (i) Who has all things at his will. (9) An argument taken from the very nature of the things themselves, for that they are empty and unreliable.

‏ James 1:10

{8} But the {i} rich, in that he is made low: {9} because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

(8) Before he concludes, he gives a doctrine contrasted to the former: that is, how we ought to use prosperity, that is, the abundance of all things: that is, so that no man pleases himself, but rather be humble. (i) Who has all things at his will. (9) An argument taken from the very nature of the things themselves, for that they are empty and unreliable.

‏ 1 Peter 1:24

{14} For all {l} flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

(14) A reason why we need this heavenly birth, that is, because men, though their glory may not be great, are by nature void of all true and sound goodness. (l) The word, "flesh", shows the weakness of our nature, which is chiefly to be considered in the flesh itself.