1 Peter · Chapter 5

[ edit] Therfore I, euene eldre, biſeche þe eldre men þat ben in ȝou, and I witneſſe of Criſtis paſſioun, which and comuner of þat glorye, þat is to be ſhewid in tyme to comynge. Fede ȝe þe flok of God, þat is in ȝou, purueiynge not conſtreynyngli, but wilfulli, vp God; not for grace, or loue, of foul wynnynge, but wilfully, neþer as hauynge lordſhipe in þe clergie, but maad foorme, or enſaumple, of þe flok, and of inwit. And whan þe prince of ſhiperdis ſhal apeere, ȝe ſhulen receyue þe vnwelewable crowne of glory, or þat ſhal neuere faade.

Alſo, ȝe ȝonge men, be ȝe ſuget to eldre men, forſoþe ſchewe ȝe alle to gydere mekeneſſe; for þe Lord wiþſtondiþ proude men, forſoþe he ȝiueþ grace to meke men. Þerfore be ȝe mekid vndir þe miȝty hond of God, þat he reiſe ȝou in þe day of viſitacioun, ȝe caſtinge in to him al ȝoure biſyneſſe, for to him is cure of ȝou. Be ȝe ſobre, and wake ȝe, for ȝoure aduerſarie, þe deuel, as a roryng lyoun goiþ aboute, ſekinge whom he ſhal deuoure. To whom aȝenſtonde ȝe, ſtronge in feiþ, witynge þe ſame paſſioun for to be to þe ilke ȝoure briþerhed, þat is in þe world. Forſoþe God of alle grace, þat clepide in to his euerelaſtinge glorye, ȝou ſuffringe a litel, he ſhal parforme, conferme, and make ſad.

To him glory and lordſchip, in to worldlis of worldlis. Amen. Bi Siluane, a feiþful broþer to ȝou as I deme, I wroot ſhortly; biſechinge, and witneſſinge þis for to be þe verrey grace of God, in whiche ȝe ſtonden. Þe chirche þat is gederid in Babyloyne gretiþ ȝou wel, and Markus, my ſone. Grete ȝe wel to gydere in holy coſſe. Grace be to ȝou alle þat ben in Criſt. Amen. Here endiþ þe firſte piſtle of Petir, and here bigynneþ þe ſecounde.