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I, too, am an elder and a witness to the sufferings of Christ. And I, too, will share in his glory when he is revealed to the whole world. As a fellow elder, I appeal to you: <a href="/esv/1_peter/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: <a href="/bsb/1_peter/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: <a href="/blb/1_peter/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> I exhort the elders among you, a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory being about to be revealed: <a href="/kjv/1_peter/5.htm">King James Bible</a> 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: <a href="/nkjv/1_peter/5.htm">New King James Version</a> The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: <a href="/nasb_/1_peter/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore, I urge elders among you, as your fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and one who is also a fellow partaker of the glory that is to be revealed: <a href="/nasb/1_peter/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, <a href="/nasb77/1_peter/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, <a href="/lsb/1_peter/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, <a href="/amp/1_peter/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore, I strongly urge the elders among you [pastors, spiritual leaders of the church], as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness [called to testify] of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory that is to be revealed: <a href="/csb/1_peter/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I exhort the elders among you as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory about to be revealed: <a href="/hcsb/1_peter/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, as a fellow elder and witness to the sufferings of the Messiah and also a participant in the glory about to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you: <a href="/asv/1_peter/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: <a href="/cev/1_peter/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Church leaders, I am writing to encourage you. I too am a leader, as well as a witness to Christ's suffering, and I will share in his glory when it is shown to us. <a href="/erv/1_peter/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: <a href="/gwt/1_peter/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I appeal to your spiritual leaders. I make this appeal as a spiritual leader who also witnessed Christ's sufferings and will share in the glory that will be revealed. <a href="/gnt/1_peter/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> I, who am an elder myself, appeal to the church elders among you. I am a witness of Christ's sufferings, and I will share in the glory that will be revealed. I appeal to you <a href="/isv/1_peter/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore, as a fellow elder, a witness of the Messiah's sufferings, and one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: <a href="/msb/1_peter/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ?s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: <a href="/net/1_peter/5.htm">NET Bible</a> So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you: <a href="/nheb/1_peter/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed: <a href="/wbt/1_peter/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The elders who 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: <a href="/wey/1_peter/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So I exhort the Elders among you--I who am their fellow Elder and have been an eye-witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and am also a sharer in the glory which is soon to be revealed. <a href="/web/1_peter/5.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed: <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_peter/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> 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, <a href="/blb/1_peter/5.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> I exhort the elders among you, a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory being about to be revealed: <a href="/ylt/1_peter/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Elders who are among you, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, <a href="/slt/1_peter/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The elders among you I beseech, a fellow elder, and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a participator of the glory which is about to be revealed:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_peter/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: <a href="/cpdv/1_peter/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, I beg the elders who are among you, as one who is also an elder and a witness of the Passion of Christ, who also shares in that glory which is to be revealed in the future: <a href="/nabre/1_peter/5.htm">New American Bible</a> So I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in the glory to be revealed. <a href="/nrsvce/1_peter/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_peter/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I EXHORT the ministers who are among you, for I also am a minister and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_peter/5.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But I beg the Elders who are among you, I, your fellow Elder and witness of the sufferings of The Messiah and a sharer of his glory, which is going to be revealed:<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_peter/5.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> The elders that are among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a sharer in the glory that is to be revealed. <a href="/godbey/1_peter/5.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you: <a href="/haweis/1_peter/5.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> 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: <a href="/mace/1_peter/5.htm">Mace New Testament</a> I address myself to you pastors, as being a pastor myself, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and as one who is to partake of the glory, that shall hereafter be made manifest; <a href="/wey/1_peter/5.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> So I exhort the Elders among you--I who am their fellow Elder and have been an eye-witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and am also a sharer in the glory which is soon to be revealed. <a href="/worrell/1_peter/5.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> The elders, therefore, I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of Christ's sufferings, also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed; <a href="/worsley/1_peter/5.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> The elders that are among you I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed; feed the flock of God that is among you, <a href="/parallel/1_peter/5-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1h9-AlUcaGE?start=891" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_peter/5.htm">Instructions to Elders</a> 1<a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">As</a> <a href="/greek/4850.htm" title="4850: sympresbyteros (N-NMS) -- A fellow elder. From sun and presbuteros; a co-presbyter.">a fellow elder,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3144.htm" title="3144: martys (N-NMS) -- A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a martyr.">a witness</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">Christ’s</a> <a href="/greek/3804.htm" title="3804: pathēmatōn (N-GNP) -- From a presumed derivative of pathos; something undergone, i.e. Hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence.">sufferings,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/2844.htm" title="2844: koinōnos (N-NMS) -- A sharer, partner, companion. From koinos; a sharer, i.e. Associate.">a partaker</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/1391.htm" title="1391: doxēs (N-GFS) -- From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.">glory</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: mellousēs (V-PPA-GFS) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something."></a> <a href="/greek/601.htm" title="601: apokalyptesthai (V-PNM/P) -- To uncover, bring to light, reveal. From apo and kalupto; to take off the cover, i.e. Disclose.">to be revealed,</a> <a href="/greek/3870.htm" title="3870: parakalō (V-PIA-1S) -- From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.">I appeal to</a> <a href="/greek/4245.htm" title="4245: Presbyterous (Adj-AMP) -- Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian presbyter.">the elders</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tous (Art-AMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">among</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you:</a> 2Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/20-28.htm">Acts 20:28</a> Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. <a href="/john/21-15.htm">John 21:15-17</a> When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.” / Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.” / Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">Hebrews 13:17</a> Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you. <a href="/1_timothy/5-17.htm">1 Timothy 5:17</a> Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. <a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm">Ephesians 4:11</a> And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-12.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:12-13</a> But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. / In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another. <a href="/titus/1-5.htm">Titus 1:5-9</a> The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. / An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination. / As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. ... <a href="/james/5-14.htm">James 5:14</a> Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a> Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” <a href="/2_timothy/4-1.htm">2 Timothy 4:1-2</a> I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: / Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. <a href="/ezekiel/34-1.htm">Ezekiel 34:1-10</a> Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? / You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock. ... <a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-4</a> “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD. / Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD. / Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply. ... <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a> He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes. <a href="/psalms/23-1.htm">Psalm 23:1-4</a> A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. / He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. / He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name. ... <a href="/zechariah/11-4.htm">Zechariah 11:4-17</a> This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter, / whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them. / For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.” ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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:elders.<a href="/acts/11-30.htm">Acts 11:30</a> Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.<a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a> And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.<a href="/acts/15-4.htm">Acts 15:4,6,22,23</a> And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them… who.<a href="/philemon/1-9.htm">Philemon 1:9</a> Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.<a href="/2_john/1-1.htm">2 John 1:1</a> The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;<a href="/3_john/1-1.htm">3 John 1:1</a> The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.also.and a.<a href="/1_peter/1-12.htm">1 Peter 1:12</a> Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.<a href="/luke/24-48.htm">Luke 24:48</a> And ye are witnesses of these things.<a href="/john/15-26.htm">John 15:26,27</a> But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: … a partaker.<a href="/1_peter/5-4.htm">1 Peter 5:4</a> And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.<a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3-5</a> Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, … <a href="/psalms/73-24.htm">Psalm 73:24,25</a> Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_peter/3-21.htm">Appeal</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-14.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">Church</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/titus/2-3.htm">Elder</a> <a href="/james/5-14.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-22.htm">Exhort</a> <a href="/john/19-35.htm">Eye-Witness</a> <a href="/1_peter/3-7.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-16.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-14.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-6.htm">Partaker</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-11.htm">Request</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-14.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-7.htm">Serious</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">Share</a> <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Sharer</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-13.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-12.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/8-3.htm">Appeal</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-4.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-10.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/1_john/3-16.htm">Christ's</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-13.htm">Church</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-15.htm">Death</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">Elder</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/jude/1-3.htm">Exhort</a> <a href="/john/19-35.htm">Eye-Witness</a> <a href="/3_john/1-8.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-4.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-13.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_john/1-11.htm">Partaker</a> <a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">Request</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-4.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/jude/1-8.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">Serious</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-10.htm">Share</a> <a href="/2_john/1-11.htm">Sharer</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-14.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-12.htm">Witness</a><div class="vheading2">1 Peter 5</div>1. <a href="/1_peter/5-1.htm">He exhorts the elders to feed their flocks;</a> 5. <a href="/1_peter/5-5.htm">the younger to obey;</a> 8. <a href="/1_peter/5-8.htm">and all to be sober, watchful, and constant in the faith;</a> 9. <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">and to resist the cruel adversary the devil.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This term "elder" (Greek: presbyteros) was used in Jewish communities and early Christian churches to denote leaders who were responsible for teaching, governance, and pastoral care. Peter's use of "fellow" underscores humility and solidarity, rather than asserting apostolic authority over them. This reflects the early church's structure, where leadership was shared among a group of elders rather than centralized in a single figure.a witness of Christ’s sufferings Peter claims firsthand experience of Christ's sufferings, likely referring to his presence during Jesus' ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection. This personal witness lends authority to his message and connects him to the core events of the Gospel. It also fulfills the role of an apostle as one who has seen the risen Christ (<a href="/acts/1-21.htm">Acts 1:21-22</a>). Peter's witness is not just historical but theological, as he interprets Christ's sufferings as central to salvation and a model for Christian endurance (<a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">1 Peter 2:21</a>).and a partaker of the glory to be revealed Peter speaks of sharing in the future glory, pointing to the eschatological hope of believers. This glory is associated with Christ's return and the final establishment of His kingdom (<a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17-18</a>). The phrase suggests both present participation in Christ's life through suffering and future participation in His glory. This dual aspect of suffering and glory is a recurring theme in Peter's writings, encouraging believers to remain steadfast in trials with the assurance of future reward.I appeal to the elders among you Peter's appeal is a call to action and responsibility for the church leaders. The use of "appeal" rather than command indicates a tone of encouragement and exhortation. The elders are urged to shepherd the flock with diligence and care, reflecting the pastoral heart of the early church. This appeal is consistent with the biblical model of leadership as service, as exemplified by Christ (<a href="/mark/10-42.htm">Mark 10:42-45</a>). The context suggests a time of persecution or trial, where strong and compassionate leadership is crucial for the community's endurance and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/peter.htm">Peter</a> The author of the letter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, who identifies himself as a fellow elder and a witness to Christ's sufferings. 2. <a href="/topical/e/elders.htm">Elders</a> Leaders within the early Christian communities to whom Peter is addressing his exhortation. 3. <a href="/topical/c/christ's_sufferings.htm">Christ’s Sufferings</a> Refers to the events of Jesus' passion, crucifixion, and the trials He endured, which Peter witnessed. 4. <a href="/topical/g/glory_to_be_revealed.htm">Glory to be Revealed</a> The future hope and promise of eternal glory with Christ, which Peter and all believers anticipate. 5. <a href="/topical/e/early_christian_communities.htm">Early Christian Communities</a> The recipients of Peter's letter, likely scattered across Asia Minor, facing various trials and persecutions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_humility.htm">Leadership in Humility</a> Peter identifies himself as a "fellow elder," emphasizing humility and equality among church leaders. Leaders today should serve with humility, recognizing their shared humanity and dependence on Christ. <a href="/topical/w/witnessing_christ's_sufferings.htm">Witnessing Christ’s Sufferings</a> As Peter witnessed Christ's sufferings, leaders are called to bear witness to the gospel, even in the face of trials. This involves a commitment to truth and perseverance. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_future_glory.htm">Hope in Future Glory</a> The promise of future glory should motivate and sustain leaders and believers through present challenges. This hope is a source of strength and encouragement. <a href="/topical/e/elders'_responsibility.htm">Elders’ Responsibility</a> Elders are tasked with shepherding the flock, which involves teaching, guiding, and protecting the community of believers. This responsibility requires diligence and faithfulness. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a> The appeal to elders highlights the importance of community and accountability within the church. Leaders should work together, supporting and holding each other accountable in their roles.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_peter_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Peter 5</a> <a href="/q/how_can_peter_claim_to_witness_christ.htm">(1 Peter 5:1) How can Peter claim to be an eyewitness of Christ’s sufferings when some scholars debate the authorship and date of this letter? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_teaching_and_senior_pastors_differ.htm">How do teaching and senior pastors differ?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_celeb_pastors.htm">What does the Bible say about celebrity pastors?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_heavy_shepherding.htm">What is heavy shepherding?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_peter/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>V.(1-11) FURTHER EXHORTATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE CRISIS.--The officers of the community are not to flinch from the duties imposed upon them, nor yet to perform them in any spirit of self-assertion. The laity, on the other hand, are to observe discipline. Indeed, mutual submission is the only safe-guard in the face of a common danger. An unbroken front must be presented, and the sense of brotherhood fostered.(1) The elders which are among you . . .--The best text preserves the word "therefore" after "elders." In view, that is, of these hopes and threats, of the present persecution, and of the coming judgment, St. Peter gives his solemn charge to those who shared with him the responsibility of office in the Church. The word rendered "exhort" is that common New Testament word (parakalo), which we miss in English, including encouragement and entreaty, and even consolation, as well as exhortation. (See, e.g., <a href="/acts/4-36.htm" title="And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,">Acts 4:36</a>,) The whole of this Epistle is an example of such paraclesis.Who am also an elder.--St. Peter is giving no irresponsible advice. He knows by experience the dangers which beset the office. The head Christian of the world, and writing from the thick of the persecution already begun in Rome, the Asiatic elders cannot set his advice down as that of some easy layman who is untouched by the difficulty. It can hardly be said, therefore, that this is an example of St. Peter's humility, as though he recognised in himself no higher office than that of these presbyters. The effect is, on the contrary, to make the recipients of the Letter feel that he is using a strong argument a fortiori.And a witness of the sufferings of Christ.--The Greek word calls attention, not so much to the fact of his having been a spectator, an eye-witness, but rather to the fact of his bearing testimony to the sufferings. Here again, too, it is in Greek "the sufferings of the Christ." (See Note on <a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm" title="Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.">1Peter 1:11</a>.) Not only did St. Peter know, by bearing office himself, what the dangers of office were, but he was able to testify how the Messiah Himself, the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, had suffered, from which it was natural to conclude that all Christians also were destined to suffer.And also a partaker of the glory . . .--This splendid assurance follows naturally from being a witness of the sufferings of the Christ. "I am in as much danger as any of you," the Apostle says, "but I can testify that the Christ Himself suffered thus, and therefore I knew that we who suffer with Him are even now partakers of the glory, though a veil at present hides. it." St. Peter insists in the same way on our present possession of what will not be shown us for a time in <a href="/1_peter/1-5.htm" title="Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.">1Peter 1:5</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_peter/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - The elders which are among you I exhort. The Vatican and Alexandrine Manuscripts omit the article, and insert "therefore" (the Sinaitic gives both), reading, "Elders, therefore, among you I exhort." The solemn thoughts of the last chapter, the coming judgment, the approach of persecution, the necessity of perseverance in well-doing, suggest the exhortation; hence the "therefore." The context shows that the apostle is using the word "elder" (πρεσβύτερος, presbyter) in its official sense, though its original meaning was also in his thoughts, as appears by ver. 5. We first meet with the word in the Old Testament (<a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16, 18</a>; <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Exodus 24:9</a>; <a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">Numbers 11:16</a>; <a href="/joshua/20-4.htm">Joshua 20:4</a>, etc.). Used originally with reference to age, it soon became a designation of office. Very early in the history of the Christian Church we meet with the same title. It occurs first in <a href="/acts/11-30.htm">Acts 11:30</a>. The Christians of Antioch make a collection for the poor saints at Jerusalem, and send their alms by the hand of Barnabas and Saul to the elders of the Jerusalem Church. We read several times of these elders in Acts xv. as associated with the apostles in the consideration of the great question of the circumcision of Gentile Christians; they joined with St. James in the official reception of St. Paul at his last visit to Jerusalem (<a href="/acts/21-18.htm">Acts 21:18</a>). It appears, then, that the Christian presbyterate originated in the mother Church of Jerusalem. It was soon introduced into the daughter Churches; the apostles Paul and Barnabas ordained elders in every Church during the first missionary journey (<a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a>); and the various notices scattered over the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles imply the early establishment of the office throughout the Church. Who am also an elder ὁ συμπρεσβύτερος. St. Peter, though holding the very highest rank in the Church as an apostle of Christ, one of those who were to sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel (<a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a>), claims no supremacy; he simply designates himself as a brother presbyter. So also St. John (<a href="/2_john/1.htm">2 John 1</a>; <a href="/3_john/1.htm">3 John 1</a>). He exhorts the presbyters as a brother, and grounds his exhortation on community of office. The absence of any note of distinction between bishops and presbyters is, so far, an indication of the early date of this Epistle, as against Hilgenfeld and others. And a witness of the sufferings of Christ. This was his one distinction above those whom he addresses. Like St. John, he declared unto them that which he had heard, which he had seen with his eyes. He had seen the Lord bound and delivered into the hands of wicked men; probably he had watched his last sufferings among them which stood afar off. And also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. The thought of the sufferings of Christ leads on to the thought of the future glory (comp. <a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm">1 Peter 1:11</a>; <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">1 Peter 4:13</a>). Perhaps St. Peter was also thinking of the Lord's promise to himself, "Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards" (<a href="/john/13-36.htm">John 13:36</a>). <a href="/commentaries/1_peter/5-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[As] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. a fellow elder, συμπρεσβύτερος (sympresbyteros) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4850.htm">Strong's 4850: </a> A fellow elder. From sun and presbuteros; a co-presbyter. a witness μάρτυς (martys) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3144.htm">Strong's 3144: </a> A witness (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case); by analogy, a 'martyr'. of τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Christ’s Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. sufferings, παθημάτων (pathēmatōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3804.htm">Strong's 3804: </a> From a presumed derivative of pathos; something undergone, i.e. Hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. a partaker κοινωνός (koinōnos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2844.htm">Strong's 2844: </a> A sharer, partner, companion. From koinos; a sharer, i.e. Associate. of the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. glory δόξης (doxēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application. to be revealed, ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι (apokalyptesthai) Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive <a href="/greek/strongs_601.htm">Strong's 601: </a> To uncover, bring to light, reveal. From apo and kalupto; to take off the cover, i.e. Disclose. I appeal to παρακαλῶ (parakalō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3870.htm">Strong's 3870: </a> From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke. [the] elders Πρεσβυτέρους (Presbyterous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4245.htm">Strong's 4245: </a> Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian 'presbyter'. among ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. you: ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. 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