"The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a par…" — 1 Peter 5:1

1 Peter 5:1 · KJV

“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

Verse 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; {which...: or, as much as in you is}

1 Peter 5 — Context

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:

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; {which...: or, as much as in you is}

Neither as being lords over {God's} heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. {being lords over: or, overruling}

Cross References

Colossians 3:3-4

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

Luke 24:48

And ye are witnesses of these things.

Romans 8:17-18

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with {him}, that we may be also glorified together.

2 John 1:1

The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

Psalms 73:24-25

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory.

1 Peter 5:4

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

Revelation 1:9

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:21-23

For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.