1 Peter 5:1-4 ▼

1 THE presbyters among you I exhort, who am a co-presbyter and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed:

2 feed the flock of God which is among you, exercising your pastoral office not of necessity, but of choice, not for base gain, but with alacrity of mind;

3 not as domineering over your allotted congregations, but as being examples of the flock.

4 And when the arch Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will never fade away.