1 Peter 5:1
The elders that are among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed; feed the flock of God that is among you,
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Luke 24:48And ye are witnesses of these things: and I will send upon you the promise of my Father;
Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power from the holy Spirit coming upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 2:32This Jesus hath God raised up from the dead, of which we all are witnesses.
Acts 5:30The God of our fathers hath raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts 11:30Which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
Acts 15:4And when they came to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the apostles and elders, and they told them all that God had done by 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 →