1 Peter 1:25

“But the word of the Lord endureth for ever, etc.] Though men die, and ministers of the word too, and everything in the world is uncertain, unstable, fleeting, and passing away, and whatever change has been in the ordinances of divine service; yet the word of the Lord, the Gospel of Christ, is settled for ever, and will never pass away: and this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you; this is the apostle's application of the passage in Isaiah, showing that the word of the Lord there is the same with the Gospel preached by him, and the other apostles, at that present time; and is no other than that good tidings Zion is said to bring; (see <234009>Isaiah 40:9) the selfsame Gospel…”

“(Psa 119:89.) this is the word . . . preached unto you--That is eternal which is born of incorruptible seed (Pe1 1:24): but ye have received the incorruptible seed, the word (Pe1 1:25); therefore ye are born for eternity, and so are bound now to live for eternity (Pe1 1:22-23). Ye have not far to look for the word; it is among you, even the joyful Gospel message which we preach. Doubt not that the Gospel preached to you by our brother Paul, and which ye have embraced, is the eternal truth. Thus the oneness of Paul's and Peter's creed appears. See my Introduction, showing Peter addresses some of the same churches as Paul labored among and wrote to. Next: 1 Peter Chapter 2”

“But the word of the Lord - In Isaiah Isaiah 40:8 “the word of our God.” The sense is not materially varied. Endureth forever - Is unmoved, fixed, permanent. Amidst all the revolutions on earth, the fading glories of natural objects, and the wasting strength of man, his truth remains unaffected. Its beauty never fades; its power is never enfeebled. The gospel system is as lovely now as it was when it was first revealed to man, and it has as much power to save as it had when first applied to a human heart. We see the grass wither at the coming on of autumn; we see the flower of the field decay; we see man, though confident in his strength, and rejoicing in the rigor of his frame, cut down in…”

“the word: Pe1 1:23; Psa 102:12, Psa 102:26, Psa 119:89; Isa 40:8; Mat 5:18; Luk 16:17 this: Pe1 1:12, Pe1 2:2; Joh 1:1, Joh 1:14; Co1 1:21-24, Co1 2:2, Co1 15:1-4; Eph 2:17, Eph 3:8; Tit 1:3; Pe2 1:19; Jo1 1:1, Jo1 1:3 Next: 1 Peter Chapter 2”