1 Peter 5:4
and the Chief Shepherd having appeared, you will receive the unfading garland of glory.
Literal Standard 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
3neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but becoming patterns for the flock,
Cross References
Psalms 23:1A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH [is] my shepherd, I do not lack,
Ezekiel 34:23And have raised up one shepherd over them, || And he has fed them—My servant David, || He feeds them, and he is their shepherd,
Daniel 12:3And those teaching shine as the brightness of the expanse, and those justifying the multitude as stars for all time and forever.”
Matthew 25:31And whenever the Son of Man may come in His glory, and all the holy messengers with Him, then He will sit on a throne of His glory;
1 Corinthians 9:25and everyone who is striving is temperate in all things; these, indeed, then, that they may receive a corruptible garland, but we an incorruptible;
2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you who are troubled—rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from Heaven, with messengers 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 →