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1 Peter 5:1 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 5 · verse 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:1 Peter 5:1 · King James Version
1 Peter 5:1 in context
1The 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:
2Feed 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;
3Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
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Key words (Strong's)
- sufferingspathēmathat which one suffers or has suffered, externally, a suffering, misfortune, calamity…G3804 →
- partakerkoinōnosa partner, associate, comrade, companion, a partner, sharer, in anything, of the altar in…G2844 →
- revealedapokalyptōto uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up, disclose, make bare, to make…G601 →
- witnessmartysa witness, in a legal sense, an historical sense, one who is a spectator of anything…G3144 →
- elderspresbyteroselder, of age,, the elder of two people, advanced in life, an elder, a senior…G4245 →
- exhortparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
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Here we may observe, I. The persons to whom this exhortation is given - to the presbyters, pastors, and spiritual guides of the church, elders by office, rather than by age, ministers of those churches to whom he wrote this epistle. II. The person who gives this exhortation - the apostle Peter: I exhort;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4