1 Peter
I urge the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the
sufferings of Messiah, and also as one who will share in the glory
which will be revealed:
Shepherd
God’s flock among you, overseeing
not under compulsion but voluntarily under God, not for dishonest profit but
eagerly,
and not lording it over those entrusted to your care, but being
examples to the flock.
Then when the chief Pastor is revealed, you will
win the crown of glory
which will never fade away.
Likewise, you
younger ones, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with
humility towards one another, because “God sets Himself against the proud, but He gives
grace to the humble.”
So humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt
you when the time comes,
casting all your cares on Him, because He cares about you.
Be clear-minded and alert. Your adversary, the Devil, is prowling around like a
roaring lion, searching for someone to devour.
Resist him, firm in the
faith, knowing that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are
faithfully enduring the same kinds of sufferings.
And after you have suffered a little while, the
God of all grace, who invited you to His glory in the Age to Come through
Messiah, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
To
Him belongs the dominion to the ages of the ages. Amen.
Through Silvanus, whom I consider a faithful brother, I have written this short letter to encourage you and to testify that this is the true grace of God.
Stand firm in it.
She who is in Babylon,
chosen together with you,
greets you, as does Mark, my son.
Greet one another with a kiss of love.
Peace to all of you who are in Messiah.
1 Peter