1 Peter 5:4

And when the arch Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away.

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 domineering over your allotted congregations, but as being examples of the flock.

5In like manner, ye who are younger persons, be in subjection to your elders: but all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed from head to foot with humility: for God sets himself in opposition to the proud, but he giveth grace to the lowly.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:

1 Corinthians 9:25And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you who are troubled, rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ 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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