1 Peter 5:1

As for the older men among you, who bear office in the Church, I, their fellow-Officer, and a witness to the sufferings of the Christ, who shall also share in the glory that is to be revealed —

Twentieth Century 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

2I urge you to be true shepherds of the flock of God among you, not because you are compelled, but of your own free will; not from a base love of gain, but with a ready spirit;

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Cross References

Luke 24:48You yourselves are to be witnesses to all this.

Acts 1:8but you shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit shall have descended upon you, and shall be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:32It was this Jesus, whom God raised to life; and of that we are ourselves all witnesses.

Acts 5:30The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging him on a cross.

Acts 11:30And this they did, sending it to the Officers of the Church by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Acts 15:4On their arrival at Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the Church, as well as by the Apostles and the Officers, and gave an account of all that God had helped them to do.

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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