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1 Peter 5:4
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.
Verse 1 Peter 5:4. _WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD_] That is, the Lord Jesus Christ, whose is the flock, and who provides the pasture, and from whom, if ye are legally called to the most awful work of preac...
AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD SHALL APPEAR - The prince of the pastors - the Lord Jesus Christ. “Peter, in the passage above, ranks himself with the elders; here he ranks Christ himself with the pastors...
V. EXHORTATIONS CONCERNING SERVICE AND CONFLICT CHAPTER 5 _ 1. As to Christian service (1 Peter 5:1)_ 2. Conflict and victory (1 Peter 5:8) 3. The conclusion (1 Peter 5:12)...
The writer, himself a presbyter, gives wise and loving counsel to his fellow-presbyters and to their flocks. Sincerity, humility, and love are to mark all their intercourse, and continual subjection t...
So, then, as your fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as a sharer in the glory which is going to be revealed, I urge the elders who are among you, shepherd the flock of God which i...
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Peter 5:1-4)...
CHIEF SHEPHERD. Greek. _archipoimen._ Only here. See John 10:11. APPEAR. App-106. RECEIVE. See 1 Peter 1:9. A. the. CROWN. Greek. Stephanos. The victor's crown. Compare Revelation 12
_And when the chief Shepherd shall appear_ The word for "chief Shepherd" is not found elsewhere, and would seem therefore to have been coined by St Peter, to express the thought which had been impress...
ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΈΝΤΟΣ. The Chief Shepherd is always present among His under-shepherds, and at last His presence will be manifested. The verb is used of the First Coming of Christ in 1 Peter 1:20 and 1 Timothy...
1 Peter 5:1 to 1 Peter 5:1 Let me then address a special word of exhortation to those of you who are “elders” in the Church. I do not wish to dictate to you as an Apostle, but to plead with you as on...
ΦΑΝΕΡΩΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) являться, ΆΡΧΙΠΟΊΜΗΝ (G750) главный пастух, начальник пастырей. Надпись на деревянной табличке при мумии показывает, что такая должность действитель...
A CROWN OF GLORY THAT FADETH NOT AWAY.— See ch. 1 Peter 1:4. The ancients used to wear beautiful crowns, or _crowns of glory,_ in times of festivity and joy; and the Greeks used to bestow crowns, made...
VI. EXHORTATIONS TO ELDERS 1 PETER 5:1-4 1 Peter 5:1 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...
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. AND - And so: as the result of "being ensamples" (1 Peter 5:3). CHIEF SHEPHERD - Christ's specia...
VERSE 4. AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD SHALL APPEAR. You elders, you shepherds, for thus faithfully performing the duties of your office, when the chief Shepherd shall come, will receive your reward. I...
19 Who are these imprisoned spirits ? Are they not the same that Peter mentions in his second epistle (1Pe_2:4) who were thrust down to the gloomy caverns of Tartarus, and the messengers of Jude's epi...
5:4 unfading (b-12) Or 'amaranthine,' the amaranth plant being an image of that which does not fade or wither. The sense is the same....
ENCOURAGEMENTS TO SHEPHERDS AND TO FLOCK. PROMISE OF GOD'S PROTECTION. FAREWELLS _B_. 1 Peter 5:1. 'To behave well in this trial you must preserve discipline. Let old and young, rulers and ruled, do...
THE CHIEF SHEPHERD] cp. 1 Peter 2:25; John 10:11. A CROWN] RV 'the crown,' i.e. the wreath with which victors in such a contest as these elders expect to endure, may hope to be crowned: cp. 1 Corinthi...
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 ELDERS AND YOUNG MEN v1 So, I want to encourage the elders among you. I also am an elder. I actually saw Christ when he suffered. When he...
Jesus is the Chief *Shepherd. All elders are under his authority. Elders will get rewards when Jesus returns. People in the country of Greece used to love athletics. They put a ‘crown’ on the winner’s...
AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD SHALL APPEAR. — Or, _And at the chief Shepherd’s appearing._ The “and” treats it as a simple natural consequence of acting as just indicated. The beautiful word for “chief...
V. (1-11) FURTHER EXHORTATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE CRISIS. — The officers of the community are not to flinch from the duties imposed upon them, nor yet to perform them in any spirit of self-assertion. T...
CHAPTER 16 HOW TO TEND THE FLOCK 1 Peter 5:1 ST. PETER'S last lesson was full of consolation. He showed that it was from God's hand that judgments were sent upon His people to purify them and prepar...
φανερωθέντος τοῦ ἀρχιποίμενος, _at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, i.e._, Christ, ἀρχιποίμην is the equivalent of ὁ ποίμην ὁ μέγας of Hebrews 13:20, being formed on them analogy of ἀρχιερεύς...
SERVING ONE ANOTHER 1 Peter 5:1 According to these words Peter, though he stood at a distance, must have been an eyewitness of the Savior's death. He is careful to speak of the glory in the same brea...
Finally, the apostle proceeded to strengthen his brethren for conflict. The first matter dealt with was the general orderliness of the Church. He enjoined the elders that they care for the flock. Thei...
SHEPHERDS OVER THE FLOCK OF GOD In the New Testament church the name "elders," which literally means older, came to stand for the leaders of local congregations (Acts 11:29-30; Acts 14:23; Acts 15:2-3...
(7) And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. (7) That the shepherds' minds are not overcome either with the wickedness of men, or their cruelt...
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 am...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
_A MESSAGE FOR WORKERS_ ‘And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.’ 1 Peter 5:4 ‘When the Chief Shepherd shall appear.’ As I hear that messag...
4_When the chief Shepherd shall appear _Except pastors retain this end in view, it can by no means be that they will in good earnest proceed in the course of their calling, but will, on the contrary,...
The apostle returns to christian details. He exhorts the elders, himself an elder; for it appears that among the Jews this title was rather characteristic than official. (Compare 1 Peter 5:5.) He exho...
AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD SHALL APPEAR,.... This is the encouraging motive and argument to engage the elders and pastors of churches to discharge their office faithfully, cheerfully, and in an humbl...
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. Ver. 4. _Ye shall receive a crown_] A crown imports perpetuity, plenty, dignity, the height of human...
_Neither as being lords_, or _lording it, over God's heritage_ Behaving in a haughty, domineering manner, as though you had dominion over their consciences. From this prohibition it would seem that, i...
CHIEF SHEPHERD; Jesus Christ....
Consistently with Peter's subject of governmental order, he now address elders in v.1, and those younger in v.5. Proper balance in this relationship is always deeply important, for on either side fric...
_ 1 Peter 5:4 ‘And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.'_ ‘AND WHEN' -Jesus is coming again (2 Peter 3:10). Notice that God doesn't promise elders an earthly...
1-4 The apostle Peter does not command, but exhorts. He does not claim power to rule over all pastors and churches. It was the peculiar honour of Peter and a few more, to be witnesses of Christ's suf...
AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD; the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Prince of pastors, called the _great Shepherd of the sheep, _ HEBREWS 13:20, as here _the chief Shepherd, _ not only for his supereminent d...
Methodius Oration on the Psalms But let us, beloved, return in our discourse to that point whence we digressed, exclaiming, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord: that good and kind Sheph...
1 Peter 5:4 and G2532 Shepherd G750 appears G5319 (G5685) receive G2865 (G5695) crown G4735 glory G1391 away...
‘And when the chief Shepherd shall be revealed (in all His glory), you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade not away.' And their reward for being faithful under-shepherds will be that wh...
THE GRAND FINALE (1 PETER 5:1). As Peter comes to the close of his letter the thought of suffering followed by glory continues: · In 1 Peter 3:18 He had spoken of the sufferings of Christ which had...
1 Peter 5:4. AND WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD IS MANIFESTED. The title ‘Chief Shepherd' is nowhere else given to Christ. It is appropriate here, where the duties and rewards of those are dealt with who are...
We come now upon a brief series of injunctions, dealing with the spirit in which the members of Christ's Church should occupy their respective positions, and bear themselves toward each other. These c...
WHEN THE CHIEF SHEPHERD SHALL BE MANIFESTED (φανερωθεντος του αρχιποιμενος). Genitive absolute with first aorist passive participle of φανεροω, to manifest, and genitive of αρχιποιμην, a compound (α...
1 Peter 5:1. _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:_ Here again, as in the...
CONTENTS: Christian service in view of Christ's soon coming. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter, Satan, Silvanus, Marcus. CONCLUSION: Humility is a great preserver of peace and order in the church, givin...
1 Peter 5:1. _Who am also an elder._ See the note on Acts 20:28, and on Philippians 1:1. Let the bishops, says Jerome, know that they are greater than other presbyters, rather by custom than by virtue...
AND WHEN. "To encourage you to fulfill your mission, I tell you that when the Chief Shepherd appears, who owns the flock, you will receive the eternal reward!" [The idea of a put-in-for-life church Bo...
_The elders which are among you I exhort._ ELDERS EXHORTED 1. In that he, an elder, exhorts them, elders, note that ministers are fittest to teach ministers and to judge of their actions. When we di...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 5:4 The CHIEF SHEPHERD is Jesus Christ. When he comes again he will reward with GLORY every pastor who has served faithfully....
THE ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE exhortations are still designed to meet the crisis in which the Churches were placed. In keeping together, preserving the Christian spiri...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 5:1 THE ELDERS WHICH ARE AMONG YOU I EXHORT. The Vatican and Alexandrine Manuscripts omit the article, and insert "therefore" (the Sinaitic gives both), reading, "Elders, therefo...
Now the elders [the overseers] which are among you I exhort, because I am also an elder [or an overseer, an older man], and I am a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and I'm also a partaker of the g...
1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 John 3:2; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 Peter 5:2;
The chief Shepherd [α ρ χ ι π ο ι μ ε ν ο ς]. Only here in New Testament. In harmony with ver. 2. "The last thing Peter could have dreamed of as possible would be its misapplication to himself or his...
As if our apostle nad said, "It is possible you may miss of your reward here from the hands of men; but when Christ, the great and good Shepherd, shall appear, when the owner, ruler, and lover of his...