1 Peter 5:1
The elders who 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:
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Luke 24:48And ye are witnesses of these things.
Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power after the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses to me, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 2:32This Jesus hath God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.
Acts 5:30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree:
Acts 11:30Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 15:4And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they declared 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 →