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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
1 Pet 5:1-14
CHAPTER 5:
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:
Shepherd the flock
of God which is among you, serving as
overseers, not
by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain
but eagerly;
nor as being
lords over those entrusted to you, but being
examples to the
flock;
and when the
Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the
crown of glory
that does not fade away.
Likewise you younger
people, submit yourselves to your elders.
Yes, all of you
be submissive to one another, and be clothed
with humility,
for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the
humble."
Therefore humble
yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that
He may exalt
you in due time,
casting all your
care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Be sober, be vigilant;
because your adversary the devil walks
about like a
roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Resist him, steadfast
in the faith, knowing that the same
sufferings are
experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
But may the God
of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory
by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a while, perfect,
establish, strengthen,
and settle you.
To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
By Silvanus, our
faithful brother as I consider him, I have written
to you briefly,
exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace
of God in which
you stand.
She who is in
Babylon, elect together with you, greets you; and
so does Mark
my son.
Greet one another
with a kiss of love. Peace to you all who are
in Christ Jesus.
Amen.
(NKJ)
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