1 Peter 5:4
Then when the Chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive an unfading crown of glory.
Unlocked Literal 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
3Do not act as a master over the people who are in your care. Instead, be an example to the flock.
Cross References
Psalms 23:1Yahweh is my shepherd; I will lack nothing. 1
Ezekiel 34:23I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will shepherd them, he will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.
Daniel 12:3Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the sky above, and those who turn many to righteousness, are like the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 25:31When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
1 Corinthians 9:25Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a wreath that is perishable, but we do it to receive one that is imperishable.
2 Thessalonians 1:7and relief to you who are afflicted with us. He will do this at the appearing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels 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 →