1 Peter 5:4
When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
New Heart English 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
3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
Cross References
Psalms 23:1A Psalm by David.The Lord is my shepherd:I shall lack nothing.
Ezekiel 34:23I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Daniel 12:3And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 25:31"But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
1 Corinthians 9:25Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
2 Thessalonians 1:7and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming 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 →