1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd is made known, ye will receive the unfading crown of glory.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
In Context
3nor as domineering over the lots, but becoming examples of the flock.
Cross References
Psalms 23:1LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Daniel 12:3And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 25:31But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.
2 Thessalonians 1:7and relief with us, to you who are restricted, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his agents of power
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:2-5
Advice to Elders. ( a. d. 66.) 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth… Read the whole commentary →