1 Peter 5:4

1 Peter 5:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
• New International Version (NIV)And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

Context of 1 Peter 5:4

2Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly—not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God. 3Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example. And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honor. 5In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.

1 Peter 5:4 word by word

καὶ φανερωθέντος τοῦ ἀρχιποίμενος κομιεῖσθε τὸν ἀμαράντινον τῆς δόξης στέφανον.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• And whenκαίkai · andG2532
• the chief Shepherdἀρχιποίμηνarchipoimēn · chief shepherdG750
• shall appearφανερόωphaneroō · to revealG5319
• ye shall receiveκομίζωkolumbaō · to bring/be repaidG2865
• a crownστέφανοςstephanos · crownG4735
• of gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• that fadeth not awayἀμαράντινοςamarantinos · unfadingG262

Cross-references for 1 Peter 5:4

• 1 Peter 5:2Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly—not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God.
• 1 Peter 2:25Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.
• Psalms 23:1The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need.
• Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.
• Ezekiel 34:23And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.
• Ezekiel 37:24“My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and be careful to keep my decrees.
• Zechariah 13:7“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.
• John 10:11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
• Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood—
• Matthew 25:31“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne.
• Colossians 3:3For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
• 1 John 3:2Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
• Revelation 1:7Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven. And everyone will see him— even those who pierced him. And all the nations of the world will mourn for him. Yes! Amen!
• Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.
• 1 Peter 1:4and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 5:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4When the chief Shepherd - That is, the Lord Jesus Christ, whose is the flock, and who provides the pasture, and from whom, if ye are legally called to the most awful work of preaching the Gospel, ye have received your commission; when he shall appear to judge the world in righteousness, ye who have fed his flock, who have taken the superintendency of it, not by constraint, nor for filthy lucre's sake, not as lords over the heritage, but with a ready mind…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear - The prince of the pastors - the Lord Jesus Christ. “Peter, in the passage above, ranks himself with the elders; here he ranks Christ himself with the pastors” - Benson. See the notes at 1 Peter 2:25. Compare Hebrews 13:20. Ye shall receive a crown of glory - A glorious crown or diadem. Compare the notes at 2 Timothy 4:8. That fadeth not away - This is essentially the same word, though somewhat different in form…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Elders were the spiritual leaders of the early churches (see also Acts 14:23; 20:17; 1 Timothy 5:17–19; Titus 1:5; James 5:14). By calling himself a fellow elder, Peter shows he shares their responsibilities and the guidance he offers them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. And--"And so": as the result of "being ensamples" (1Pe 5:3). chief Shepherd--the title peculiarly Christ's own, not Peter's or the pope's. when ... shall appear--Greek, "be manifested" (Col 3:4). Faith serves the Lord while still unseen. crown--Greek, "stephanos," a garland of victory, the prize in the Grecian games, woven of ivy, parsley, myrtle, olive, or oak. Our crown is distinguished from theirs in that it is "incorruptible" and "fadeth not away,"…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 5:4

• Crown
• Elder
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian
• Righteous
• Shepherd

In the dictionaries

• Adversary
• Constraint
• Crown
• Devour
• Ensample
• Heritage
• Oversight
• Shepherd
• Stedfast
• Vigilant

Commentaries on 1 Peter 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings