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D&C 124:7 · 1 Peter 1:24

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Doctrine and Covenants D&C 124:7
"for they are as grass, and all their glory as the flower thereof which soon falleth"
New Testament 1 Peter 1:24
"For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:"

Shared words: as grass, and all

The letter's two clauses are compressed into one and re-aimed: 'all flesh' and 'the glory of man' become 'they' and 'all their glory', the kings and authorities named four verses earlier. 'the flower thereof' stands at exactly three distinct frozen verses in the corpus: 1 Peter 1:24, James 1:11, and this verse. The letter's 'falleth away' reads 'which soon falleth' here. Counts are of distinct frozen verses in the corpus, derived by search at the time of writing.

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