Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word
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Themes 11 ▾
Glory of God 1 Church 1, 3 Suffering and Perseverance 1, 9-10 Shepherd 2-4 Holiness 3 Humility 5-6 Faith 7, 9, 12 Providence 7 Spiritual Warfare 8 Grace 10, 12 Truth 12
People 2 ▾
Jesus Life of Christ 10, 14 Silas Apostolic Age 12
Places 1 ▾
Babylon Mesopotamia 13
Symbols 2 ▾
Crown liturgical 4 Lion animal 8
Institutions 1 ▾
The Presbyterate (Eldership) 1
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Mystici Corporis Christi 2× 1-5 Canons of the Council of Nicaea 1× 2 Belgic Confession 1× 2-3 Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery 1× 2-3 Catechism of the Catholic Church 4× 3-4, 8 Pastor Aeternus (On Papal Infallibility) 1× 4 City of God 3× 5 Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) 5× 5, 7-8 Heidelberg Catechism 2× 5, 8 Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew 2× 6, 13 Homilies on the Gospel of John 1× 8 De Principiis (On First Principles) 1× 8 Confessions 1× 8 On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana) 1× 8 Homilies on Matthew 1× 13 Church History (Historia Ecclesiastica) 5× 13 Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible 1× 1-14 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-13 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 5, 8, 10 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary 1× 2-14
Manuscript witnesses 4 ▾
Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus C c. AD 450
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What is 1 Peter 5 about?

Turning last to the leadership of these pressured congregations, Peter, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, exhorts the elders to feed the flock of God among them, taking the oversight willingly and not for filthy lucre, being examples rather than lords over God's heritage. He calls the younger to submit to the elder and all to be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble; casting all their care upon Him, they are to be sober and vigilant against their adversary the devil, who as a roaring lion seeks whom he may devour, and to resist him steadfast in the faith. The God of all grace, he assures them, will Himself, after they have suffered a while, make them perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle them, when the chief Shepherd appears and they receive a crown of glory that fades not away. With greetings from the church at Babylon and from Marcus his son, the letter ends where it began, in the hope of glory that carries holy exiles through present suffering into the unfading inheritance God keeps for them in Christ.

Historical backdrop

Peter writes from "Babylon," the church's name for Rome, to Christians scattered across the northern provinces of Asia Minor: Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. They were a suspect minority in Roman Anatolia, resident aliens in cities that kept the old gods and the rising worship of the emperor. Nero's fire and the persecution it unleashed were near, and to be named a Christian was becoming dangerous.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Peter 5
The Church Fathers on 1 Peter 5
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1 Peter 5

1 Peter Chapter 5
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1The 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: 2Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

4And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; 7casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you. 8Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

10And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you. 11To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 12By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I accounthim, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand ye fast therein. 13She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son. 14Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are in Christ.

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What is 1 Peter 5 about?

Turning last to the leadership of these pressured congregations, Peter, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, exhorts the elders to feed the flock of God among them, taking the oversight willingly and not for filthy lucre, being examples rather than lords over God's heritage. He calls the younger to submit to the elder and all to be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble; casting all their care upon Him, they are to be sober and vigilant against their adversary the devil, who as a roaring lion seeks whom he may devour, and to resist him steadfast in the faith. The God of all grace, he assures them, will Himself, after they have suffered a while, make them perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle them, when the chief Shepherd appears and they receive a crown of glory that fades not away. With greetings from the church at Babylon and from Marcus his son, the letter ends where it began, in the hope of glory that carries holy exiles through present suffering into the unfading inheritance God keeps for them in Christ.