1 Peter5

Peter exhorts elders to shepherd God's flock willingly and as humble examples, not lording over them, promising a crown of glory from the Chief Shepherd. He then calls all believers to humility, to cast their cares upon God, and to be vigilant against the devil, resisting him steadfastly in faith. The chapter concludes with a prayer for God to perfect and strengthen them after suffering, and final greetings.

Exhortation to the Elders

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Elders who are among you, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,
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feed the flock of God that is among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,
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neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,
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and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.

Humility and Submission

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In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;
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be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,
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all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

Warning Against the Adversary

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Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
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whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

Final Prayer and Doxology

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And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you ;
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to Him is the glory, and the power--to the ages and the ages! Amen.

Concluding Greetings and Benediction

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Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few words I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood.
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Salute you doth the assembly in Babylon jointly elected, and Markus my son.
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Salute ye one another in a kiss of love; peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus! Amen.
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