1 Peter 5:1

Now to you who are presbyters I make this appeal; for I am myself a presbyter, and was a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed.

Montgomery 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

2Be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly, and not through compulsion; not for filthy lucre, but with a willing mind;

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Cross References

Luke 24:48"You must bear testimony to this.

Acts 1:8"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

Acts 2:32This Jesus God has raised up, of this we are all witnesses.

Acts 5:30"We must obey God rather than man. The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew by hanging him on a tree.

Acts 11:30This they did, forwarding their contributions to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:4Upon their arrival in Jerusalem they were received by the church and the apostles and elders, and they told them all things that God had done with 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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