1 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: 2 Tend 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; 3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5 Likewise, 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. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; 7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world. 10 And 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. 11 To him [be] the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 12 By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account [him], I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God: stand ye fast therein. 13 She that is in Babylon, elect together with [you], saluteth you; and [so doth] Mark my son. 14 Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are in Christ.
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Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Colossians 3:3–4; Luke 24:48; Romans 8:17–18; 2 John 1; Psalm 73:24–25
- 2 Titus 1:7; 1 Timothy 3:8; Acts 20:26–28; Titus 3:1; 1 Timothy 3:3
- 3 Philippians 3:17; Ezekiel 34:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; Matthew 20:25–26; 2 Corinthians 1:24
- 4 James 1:12; 1 Corinthians 9:25; Isaiah 40:11; 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 John 3:2
- 5 James 4:6; Proverbs 3:34; Ephesians 5:21; Romans 12:10; Colossians 3:12
- 6 James 4:10; Luke 14:11; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 18:14
- 7 Psalm 55:22; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 37:5; Psalm 56:3–4; Matthew 6:25–26
- 8 Ephesians 6:11; James 4:7; Ephesians 4:27; Job 2:2; 1 Peter 1:13
- 9 James 4:7; Acts 14:22; Ephesians 6:11–13; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Corinthians 10:13
- 10 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Peter 1:6–7; Jude 24; Psalm 138:7
- 11 1 Peter 4:11; Romans 11:36; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:13
- 12 Hebrews 13:22; Acts 11:23; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 2 Corinthians 1:19; Acts 20:24
- 13 Acts 12:12; Psalm 87:4; Acts 12:25; Revelation 18:2; Revelation 17:5
- 14 Romans 16:16; Ephesians 6:23; Romans 8:1; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 16:20
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"For God," saith [the Scripture], "resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble." Let us cleave, then, to those to whom grace has been given by God.
… man, very skilful in medicine, and much renowned therein, who had with his own proconsular hand put the Agonistic garland upon my distempered head, not, though, as a physician; for this disease Thou alone healest, who resistest the proud, and givest grace to the humble. But didst Thou fail me even by that old man, or forbear from healing my …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… and lest from taking the wolf to be a sheep we become his prey, and from supposing the destroying Devil to be a beneficent Angel we be devoured: for, as the Scripture saith, he goeth about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
If a ravening and roaring lion, seeking what he may devour of our souls or of our words; or a wild boar, trampling under foot the precious and translucent pearls of the Truth; or an Arabian and alien wolf, or one keener even than these in tricks of argument; or a fox, that is a treacherous and faithless soul, changing …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For the King and Founder of this city of which we speak, has in Scripture uttered to His people a dictum of the divine law in these words: "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." But this, which is God's prerogative, the inflated ambition of a proud spirit also affects, and dearly loves that this be numbered …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)