1 Peter 5:4

And when the chef shepheerde shall appere ye shall receave an incorruptible croune of glorye.

Tyndale New Testament

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 though ye were compelled therto but willyngly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre but of a good mynde. not as though ye were lordes over the parisshes: but that ye be a insample to the flocke.

5Lykwyse ye yonger submit youre selves vnto the elder. Submit youre selves every man one to another knet youre selves togedder in lowlines of mynde. For god resisteth the proude and geveth grace to the humble.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31When the sonne of man cometh in his glorie and all the holy angels with him then shall he syt vpon the seate of his glorie

1 Corinthians 9:25Euery man that proveth masteryes abstaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vncorruptible croune:

2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you which are troubled rest with vs when the lorde Iesus shall shewe him silfe from heven with his myghty 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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