1 Τους μεταξύ σας πρεσβυτέρους παρακαλώ εγώ ο συμπρεσβύτερος και μάρτυς των παθημάτων τον Χριστού, ο και κοινωνός της δόξης, ήτις μέλλει να αποκαλυφθή, 2 ποιμάνατε το μεταξύ σας ποίμνιον του Θεού, επισκοπούντες μη αναγκαστικώς αλλ' εκουσίως, μηδέ αισχροκερδώς αλλά προθύμως, 3 μηδέ ως κατακυριεύοντες την κληρονομίαν του Θεού, αλλά τύποι γινόμενοι του ποιμνίου. 4 Και όταν φανερωθή ο αρχιποιμήν, θέλετε λάβει τον αμαράντινον στέφανον της δόξης. 5 Ομοίως οι νεώτεροι υποτάχθητε εις τους πρεσβυτέρους. Πάντες δε υποτασσόμενοι εις αλλήλους ενδύθητε την ταπεινοφροσύνην· διότι ο Θεός αντιτάσσεται εις τους υπερηφάνους, εις δε τους ταπεινούς δίδει χάριν. 6 Ταπεινώθητε λοιπόν υπό την κραταιάν χείρα του Θεού, διά να σας υψώση εν καιρώ, 7 και πάσαν την μέριμναν υμών ρίψατε επ' αυτόν, διότι αυτός φροντίζει περί υμών. 8 Εγκρατεύθητε, αγρυπνήσατε· διότι ο αντίδικός σας διάβολος ως λέων ωρυόμενος περιέρχεται ζητών τίνα να καταπίη· 9 εις τον οποίον αντιστάθητε μένοντες στερεοί εις την πίστιν, εξεύροντες ότι τα αυτά παθήματα γίνονται εις τους αδελφούς σας τους εν τω κόσμω. 10 Ο δε Θεός πάσης χάριτος, όστις εκάλεσεν ημάς εις την αιώνιον αυτού δόξαν διά του Χριστού Ιησού, αφού πάθητε ολίγον, αυτός να σας τελειοποιήση, στηρίξη, ενισχύση, θεμελιώση. 11 Εις αυτόν είη η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων· αμήν. 12 Σας έγραψα εν βραχυλογία διά του Σιλουανού του πιστού αδελφού, ως φρονώ, προτρέπων και επιμαρτυρών ότι αύτη είναι η αληθινή χάρις του Θεού, εις την οποίαν στέκεσθε. 13 Σας ασπάζεται η εν Βαβυλώνι συνεκλεκτή εκκλησία και Μάρκος, ο υιός μου. 14 Ασπάσθητε αλλήλους εν φιλήματι αγάπης. Ειρήνη εις πάντας υμάς τους εν Χριστώ Ιησού· αμήν.
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"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)