1 Peter 5:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Therefore, be humble [in your actions] before God’s powerful authority, so that you may be exalted [by Him] at the proper time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you,

American Standard Version (1901)

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

Common English Bible

Therefore, humble yourselves under God’s power so that he may raise you up in the last day.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so, be humbled under the powerful hand of God, so that he may exalt you in the time of visitation.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation:

1 Peter 5:6 Cross References

Matthew 23:12

And whoever exalts himself [as important] will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted [as important].

Luke 1:52

He has dethroned rulers and has exalted humble people.

Luke 14:11

For every person who exalts himself [as important] will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted [as important].”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went back home right with God instead of the other man. For every person who exalts himself [as important] will be humbled, but whoever humbles himself will be exalted [as important].”

Romans 5:6

Someone would not likely die to rescue a righteous person, though possibly someone would dare to die in order to rescue a good person.

1 Corinthians 10:22

Or, are we [trying to] make the Lord jealous [by doing this]? [Do we think] we are stronger that He is?

1 Timothy 2:6

who gave Himself as a ransom on behalf of all people [i.e., as a substitute in place of others]. The proper time for the testimony [of this event to be proclaimed] has arrived. [Note: The correct meaning of the foregoing sentence is very difficult to determine].

Titus 1:3

but at the proper time revealed [it] through the message entrusted to me to proclaim, by the commandment of God our Savior.

James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord and He will exalt you people.

James 4:7

So, you should submit yourselves to God, but oppose the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 5:10

Brothers, take the [Old Testament] prophets, who spoke in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, as your examples of suffering and patience.