Key Verse Spotlight
1 Peter 5:1 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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 in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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}
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