1 Peter 5

1 I exhort the elders among you⁺ [as] a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker of the glory being about to be revealed:

2 Shepherd the flock of God among you⁺, exercising oversight, not under compulsion but willingly according to God; and not for shameful gain but eagerly,

3 not as exercising lordship over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.

4 And [on] the Chief Shepherd having been made manifest, you⁺ will receive the unfading crown of glory.

5 Likewise, younger ones, be subject to [your] elders. And all, gird on humility to one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you⁺ in due time,

7 having cast all your⁺ anxiety on Him, because with Him there is care about you⁺.

8 Be sober-minded; be alert. Your⁺ adversary the devil prowls around as a roaring lion seeking whom to swallow up,

9 whom you⁺ should resist, firm in the faith, knowing the same sufferings in your⁺ brotherhood to be experienced in the world.

10 And the God of all grace, the One having called you⁺ to His eternal glory in Christ, having suffered a little while, He Himself will complete, will confirm, will strengthen, [and] will establish [you].

11 To Him [be] the power to the ages of the ages. Amen.

12 Through Silvanus, the faithful brother as I reckon [him], I wrote to you⁺ through few [words], exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God, in which you⁺ stand.

13 She in Babylon chosen with [you] greets you⁺, and my son Mark.

14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you⁺ all who [are] in Christ.