1 Peter 5:1-9 ▼

1 Elders who [are] among you, I exhort [you], [as] a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory about to be revealed,

2 feed the flock of God that [is] among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but willingly, neither for shameful gain, but eagerly,

3 neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but becoming patterns for the flock,

4 and the Chief Shepherd having appeared, you will receive the unfading garland of glory.

5 In like manner, you young [ones], be subject to elders, and all subjecting yourselves to one another; clothe yourselves with humble-mindedness, because God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble;

6 be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that He may exalt you in good time,

7 having cast all your care on Him, because He cares for you.

8 Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the Devil walks around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may swallow up,

9 whom you must resist, steadfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings of your brotherhood to be accomplished in the world.