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. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and 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 care upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you]. 11 To him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. 13 The [church that is] at Babylon, elected together with [you], saluteth you; and [so doth] Marcus my son. 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be] with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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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)