1 Peter 5:4
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
Majority Standard Bible
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 lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
Cross References
Psalms 23:1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
Daniel 12:3Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 25:31When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
2 Thessalonians 1:7and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
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 →