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1 Peter 5:1-3 KJV
1 Peter · chapter 5 · verses 1–3
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.1 Peter 5:1-3 · King James Version
1 Peter 5:1-3 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.
4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
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- sufferingspathēmathat which one suffers or has suffered, externally, a suffering, misfortune, calamity…G3804 →
- oversightepiskopeōto look upon, inspect, oversee, look after, care for, of the care of the church which…G1983 →
- willinglyhekousiōsvoluntarily, willingly, of one s own accord, to sin wilfully as opposed to sins committed…G1596 →
- ensamplestyposthe mark of a stroke or blow, print, a figure formed by a blow or impression, of a figure…G5179 →
- 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 →
- heritageklērosan object used in casting or drawing lots, which was either a pebble, or a potsherd, or a…G2819 →
- witnessmartysa witness, in a legal sense, an historical sense, one who is a spectator of anything…G3144 →
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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