1 Pet. 5:1 Therefore the elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory to be revealed:
1 Pet. 5:2 Shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not under compulsion but willingly, according to God; not by seeking gain through base means but eagerly;
1 Pet. 5:3 Nor as lording it over your allotments but by becoming patterns of the flock.
1 Pet. 5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
1 Pet. 5:5 In like manner, younger men, be subject to elders; and all of you gird yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
1 Pet. 5:6 Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time,
1 Pet. 5:7 Casting all your anxiety on Him because it matters to Him concerning you.
1 Pet. 5:8 Be sober; watch. Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking someone to devour.
1 Pet. 5:9 Him withstand, being firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being accomplished among your brotherhood in the world.
1 Pet. 5:10 But the God of all grace, He who has called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground you.
1 Pet. 5:11 To Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.
1 Pet. 5:12 Through Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I account him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying fully that this is the true grace of God; enter into this grace and stand in it.
1 Pet. 5:13 The co-chosen in Babylon and Mark my son greet you.
1 Pet. 5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you all who are in Christ.