1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

Text-Critical English NT

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

3Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

5In the same way, you who are younger must submit to your elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility as you submit to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, he will sit down on his throne of glory.

1 Corinthians 9:25Every athlete who competes exercises self-control in all things. They do so to receive a perishable wreath, but we do so to receive an imperishable crown.

2 Thessalonians 1:7and to give relief to you who are being afflicted, and to us as well, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus 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 →

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