I PETER

Chapter 5

Duties of the Elders & Youth, to God, and Regarding Satan

Elders Duties as Shepherd

• 1.↓ 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:
  
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    • Πρεσβυτέρους τοὺς ἐν ὑμῖν παρακαλῶ ὁ συμπρεσβύτερος καὶ μάρτυς τῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθημάτων ὁ καὶ τῆς μελλούσης ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι δόξης κοινωνός·
  • Notes
    • ° Are you going to be a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed? _MF-NCC
      
      Romans 8:18 — For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
      Romans 8:19 — For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
      
      ° This glory eternal, not temporal _MF-NCC
      
      Daniel 12:3 — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
      
      
• 2.↓ Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a read mind.
  
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    • ποιμάνατε τὸ ἐν ὑμῖν ποίμνιον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπισκοποῦντες μὴ ἀναγκαστῶς ἀλλ᾽ ἑκουσίως μηδὲ αἰσχροκερδῶς ἀλλὰ προθύμως
  • Notes
    • ° If you are in ministry, you are to feed God's people willingly, and not by forceful convincing
      ° The motivation behind it should not be for selfish gain either _MF-NCC
      
      
• 3.↓ Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
  
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    • μηδ ὡς κατακυριεύοντες τῶν κλήρων ἀλλὰ τύποι γινόμενοι τοῦ ποιμνίου·
  • Notes
    • ° This was the problem with the Nicolatians _MF-NCC
      Deeds:
      Revelation 2:6 — But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
      
      Doctrinal:
      Revelation 2:15 — So hath thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
      
      ° Notice these are God's people, it is His church not ours; His org chart is an upside down pyramid _MF-NCC
      
      
• 4.↓ And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
  
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    • καὶ φανερωθέντος τοῦ ἀρχιποίμενος κομιεῖσθε τὸν ἀμαράντινον τῆς δόξης στέφανον
  • Notes
    • Return to →Inheritance & Rewards-The Seven Letters

Younger Duties as the Flock

• 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
  
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    • Ὁμοίως νεώτεροι ὑποτάγητε πρεσβυτέροις· πάντες δὲ ἀλλήλοις ὑποτασσόμενοι, τὴν ταπεινοφροσύνην ἐγκομβώσασθε ὅτι Ὁ θεὸς ὑπερηφάνοις ἀντιτάσσεται ταπεινοῖς δὲ δίδωσιν χάριν

Duties to God

• 6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
  
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    • Ταπεινώθητε οὖν ὑπὸ τὴν κραταιὰν χεῖρα τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα ὑμᾶς ὑψώσῃ ἐν καιρῷ
• 7.↓ Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  
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    • πᾶσαν τὴν μέριμναν ὑμῶν ἐπιρρίψαντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν ὅτι αὐτῷ μέλει περὶ ὑμῶν
  • Notes
    • Return to →Inheritance & Rewards

Duties Regarding Satan

• 8. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
  
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    • Νήψατε γρηγορήσατε ὅτι ὁ ἀντίδικος ὑμῶν διάβολος ὡς λέων ὠρυόμενος περιπατεῖ ζητῶν τινα καταπίῃ·
• 9. Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
  
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    • ᾧ ἀντίστητε στερεοὶ τῇ πίστει εἰδότες τὰ αὐτὰ τῶν παθημάτων τῇ ἐν κόσμῳ ὑμῶν ἀδελφότητι ἐπιτελεῖσθαι

Concluding Prayer and Greetings

• 10. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto the eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
  
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    • Ὁ δὲ θεὸς πάσης χάριτος ὁ καλέσας ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον αὐτοῦ δόξαν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὀλίγον παθόντας αὐτὸς καταρτίσαι ὑμᾶς στηρίξαι σθενώσαι, θεμελιώσαι
• 11. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen
  
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    • αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
• 12. By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
  
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    • Διὰ Σιλουανοῦ ὑμῖν τοῦ πιστοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ὡς λογίζομαι δι᾽ ὀλίγων ἔγραψα παρακαλῶν καὶ ἐπιμαρτυρῶν ταύτην εἶναι ἀληθῆ χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς ἣν ἑστήκατε
• 13. The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
  
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    • Ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς ἡ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι συνεκλεκτὴ καὶ Μᾶρκος ὁ υἱός μου
• 14. Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
  
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    • ἀσπάσασθε ἀλλήλους ἐν φιλήματι ἀγάπης εἰρήνη ὑμῖν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἀμὴν