1 Peter 5:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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:”

1 Peter 5:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Peter 5:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Peter 5:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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:”

1 Peter 5:1 — World English Bible

1 Peter 5:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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: ”

1 Peter 5:1 — American Standard Version

1 Peter 5:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker,”

1 Peter 5:1 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Peter 5:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The elders which [are] among you I exhort, who [am their] fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also [am] partaker of the glory about to be revealed: ”

1 Peter 5:1 — Darby Translation

1 Peter 5:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The elders which are among you, I beseech which am also an elder, and a witnesse of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe reueiled,”

1 Peter 5:1 — Geneva Bible

1 Peter 5:1 in Context — 1 Peter 5

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:

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 ready mind;

3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

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What Does 1 Peter 5:1 Mean?

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