1 Peter 5:4

And when the sovereign Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive an unfading crown of glory.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

In Context

3nor as lording it over the people, but being examples to the flock.

5Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder; and all of you behaving with due submission one to another, be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, but sheweth favor to the humble.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31So when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon his glorious throne:

1 Corinthians 9:25And every one that enters the lists is temperate in all things: they indeed do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible one.

2 Thessalonians 1:7and to you, who are in trouble, rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven,

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:2-5

Advice to Elders. ( a. d. 66.) 1 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: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth… Read the whole commentary →

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