1 Peter 5:4

And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.

Bible (Bishops')

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

3Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke.

5Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31When the sonne of man shall come in his glorie, and all the holy Angels with hym, then shall he sitte vpon the throne of his glorie.

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 →

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