-
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 illegal gain, 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, all of you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
-
5 ) Likewise, all of you younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives 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 cares for you.
-
8 ) Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
-
9 ) Whom resist steadfast 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 has called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that all of you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.
-
11 ) To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
