1 Peter 5:1 - English Majority Text Version The elders who are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed; Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I WARN and counsel the elders among you (the pastors and spiritual guides of the church) as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness [called to testify] of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a sharer in the glory (the honor and splendor) that is to be revealed (disclosed, unfolded): American Standard Version (1901) 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 shall be revealed: Common English Bible Therefore, I have a request for the elders among you. (I ask this as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and as one who shares in the glory that is about to be revealed.) I urge the elders: Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I beg the elders who are among you, as one who is also an elder and a witness of the Passion of Christ, who also shares in that glory which is to be revealed in the future: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The ancients therefore that are among you, I beseech, who am myself also an ancient, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ: as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come: |
beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection."
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
And having chosen elders for them in every church, and having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
And having come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders; and they declared all that God had done with them.
And the apostles and elders gathered together to see about this matter.
Now from Miletus, having sent to Ephesus, he summoned the elders of the church.
Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of the Lord, and of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
On the next day Paul was going in with us to James, and all the elders were present.
and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hand, eternal in the heavens.
but we are confident and prefer rather to be away from home from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,
Do not receive an accusation against an elder unless on the basis of two or three witnesses.
Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.
For this reason I left you behind in Crete, so that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and you should appoint elders in every city as I commanded you:
rather on account of love I appeal to you--being such a one as Paul, the elder, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ--
So therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every impediment, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they were ministering these things, which things were now announced to you by those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into.
so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, though being tested with fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
but inasmuch as you partake in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, in order that also at the unveiling of His glory, you may rejoice with great happiness.
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
THE ELDER, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth,
I, John, your brother and partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and endurance in Christ Jesus, came to be on the island that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.