New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Peter 5:1-4

1 1Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your 2fellow elder and 3witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a 4partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,

2shepherd 5the flock of God among you, exercising oversight 6not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and 7not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

3nor yet as 8lording it over 9those allotted to your charge, but 10proving to be 11examples to the flock.

4And when the Chief 12Shepherd appears, you will receive the 13unfading 14 15crown of glory.

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Notes

1. 1 Peter 5:1 Acts 11:30 ↩
2. 1 Peter 5:1 2 John 1; 3 John 1 ↩
3. 1 Peter 5:1 Luke 24:48; Heb 12:1 ↩
4. 1 Peter 5:1 1 Pet 1:5, 7; 4:13; Rev 1:9 ↩
5. 1 Peter 5:2 John 21:16; Acts 20:28 ↩
6. 1 Peter 5:2 Philem 14 ↩
7. 1 Peter 5:2 1 Tim 3:8 ↩
8. 1 Peter 5:3 Ezek 34:4; Matt 20:25f ↩
9. 1 Peter 5:3 Lit the allotments ↩
10. 1 Peter 5:3 Or becoming ↩
11. 1 Peter 5:3 John 13:15; Phil 3:17; 1 Thess 1:7; 2 Thess 3:9; 1 Tim 4:12; Titus 2:7 ↩
12. 1 Peter 5:4 1 Pet 2:25 ↩
13. 1 Peter 5:4 1 Pet 1:4 ↩
14. 1 Peter 5:4 Lit wreath ↩
15. 1 Peter 5:4 1 Cor 9:25 ↩

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