1 Peter 5:4
And when the prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
3Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart.
Cross References
Psalms 23:1A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
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 12:3But they that are learned shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that instruct many to justice, as stars for all eternity.
Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one that striveth for the mastery, refraineth himself from all things: and they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible one.
2 Thessalonians 1:7And to you who are troubled, rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with the angels of his 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 →