1 Peter 5:1

The elders who are among you I exhort, I, the fellow elder and witness of Christ's sufferings; also the partaker of the glory that is to be revealed:

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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:

In Context

2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers willingly, not under compulsion; not for dishonest gain but freely;

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Cross References

Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.

Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be witnesses to me —both in Jerusalem, and all Judea and Samaria, and even to the last part of the earth.”

Acts 2:32“This Jesus God raised, to which we all are witnesses.

Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.

Acts 11:30which they also did, sending it to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:4Upon arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the congregation and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:1

In which the apostle gives particular directions, first to the elders, how to behave themselves towards their flock ( ver. 1-4 ); then to the younger, to be obedient and humble, and to cast their care upon God, ver. 5-7 . He then exhorts all to sobriety, watchfulness against temptations, and stedfastness in the faith, praying earnestly for them; and so concludes his epistle with a solemn doxology, mutual salutations, and his apostolical benediction. Read the whole commentary →

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