1 Peter 5:4
that when the Chief of pastors shall be revealed, you may receive from him a crown of glory which fadeth not.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 lords of the flock, but that you may be to them a goodly example;
Cross References
Matthew 25:31WHEN the Son of man cometh in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.
1 Corinthians 9:25For every man who contendeth from every thing (besides with) holdeth his mind; and they who run (do it) that they may receive a crown that is corruptible, but we one that is incorruptible.
2 Thessalonians 1:7And you who are afflicted will he save with us, at the revelation of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha from heaven, with the host Of his angels, when he executeth the punishment, with burning of fire,
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 →