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title: 1 Peter 5
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createdAt: 2024-09-11T02:01:24.026Z
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**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 not away.

**5 **Likewise, 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.

**6 **Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: **7 **Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. **8 **Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: **9 **Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

**10 **But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle *you*. **11 **To him *be* glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

**12 **By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. **13 **The *church that is* at Babylon, elected together with *you*, saluteth you; and *so doth* Marcus my son. **14 **Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace *be* with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.