1 Peter 5:1

Peter, as a fellow elder and witness of Christ's sufferings, exhorts the church's elders. It introduces his pastoral charge to those who lead God's people.

Cross-references · 35

• Col 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
• Luke 24:48You are witnesses of these things.
• Rom 8:17–18And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
• 2 Jn 1:1–15The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—
• 1 Pet 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
• Ps 73:24–25You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
• Rev 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
• Acts 11:30This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
• Acts 15:22–23Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
• 1 Pet 1:7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
• Phil 1:21–23For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
• John 15:26–27When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.
• 2 Tim 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
• Titus 1:5The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
• Acts 15:4On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
• Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
• Acts 21:18The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
• Acts 20:17From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
• Phil 1:19because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
• Acts 15:6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
• Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
• 1 Pet 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
• 1 Tim 5:19Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
• Acts 1:22beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
• Acts 10:39–41We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• 1 Tim 5:1Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
• 2 Cor 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• Phlm 1:9I prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.
• 1 Pet 1:3–5Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 2 Cor 5:8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
• Acts 5:30–32The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
• Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.

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