“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.
1 Peter 5:5 - English Standard Version 2016 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Likewise, you who are younger and of lesser rank, be subject to the elders (the ministers and spiritual guides of the church)–[giving them due respect and yielding to their counsel]. Clothe (apron) yourselves, all of you, with humility [as the garb of a servant, so that its covering cannot possibly be stripped from you, with freedom from pride and arrogance] toward one another. For God sets Himself against the proud (the insolent, the overbearing, the disdainful, the presumptuous, the boastful)–[and He opposes, frustrates, and defeats them], but gives grace (favor, blessing) to the humble. [Prov. 3:34.] American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible In the same way, I urge you who are younger: accept the authority of the elders. And everyone, clothe yourselves with humility toward each other. God stands against the proud, but he gives favor to the humble. Catholic Public Domain Version Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another, for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace. |
“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in your goodness.
For when they are humbled you say, ‘It is because of pride’; but he saves the lowly.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
Her priests I will clothe with salvation, and her saints will shout for joy.
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness, and let your saints shout for joy.
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
for it is better to be told, “Come up here,” than to be put lower in the presence of a noble. What your eyes have seen
Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be appalled at you.
And when the multitude is taken away, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.