1 Peter 5:4
and when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye will receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Noyes 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 as lording it over your allotted charge, but being examples to the flock;
Cross References
Psalms 23:1“A psalm of David.” The LORD is my shepherd: I shall not want.
Ezekiel 34:23And I will raise 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 12:3And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn the many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.
Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his glory,
1 Corinthians 9:25And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable.
2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you the distressed rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be manifested from heaven, with the angels of his might,
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 →