1 Peter 5:1

I exhort the elders who are among you, as a fellow elder, and as a witness of the sufferings of Christ and as a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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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

2Tend the flock of God which is in your charge, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for sordid gain, but eagerly;

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Cross References

Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.

Acts 1:8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the remotest part of the earth.

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

Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

Acts 11:30Which they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:4And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they reported 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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