1 Peter 5:1

THE presbyters among you I exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for base gain, but with alacrity of mind;

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Cross References

Luke 24:48And ye are the witnesses of these things.

Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, both in Jerusalem, and throughout all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the extremity of the earth.

Acts 2:32This very Jesus hath God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.

Acts 5:30The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus, whom ye had killed, suspending him on a tree.

Acts 11:30which also they did, sending it off to the presbyters by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:4Then when they arrived at Jerusalem, they were cordially received by the church, and the apostles and presbyters, and they related how great things God had done by them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:1

In which the apostle gives particular directions, first to the elders, how to behave themselves towards their flock ( ver. 1-4 ); then to the younger, to be obedient and humble, and to cast their care upon God, ver. 5-7 . He then exhorts all to sobriety, watchfulness against temptations, and stedfastness in the faith, praying earnestly for them; and so concludes his epistle with a solemn doxology, mutual salutations, and his apostolical benediction. Read the whole commentary →

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