Exhortations For & About Elders 1 Peter 5:1-4.

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Exhortations For & About Elders 1 Peter 5:1-4

Operative Words In The Text 1 Peter 5:1-2 KJV elder feed oversight NKJV elder shepherd overseers ASV elder tend oversight NASB elder shepherd oversight ESV elder shepherd oversight

Meanings Elder (presbuteros) older men characterized by wisdom Bishop (episcopos) the work performed; seeing it getsdone Shepherd (poimen) one who cares for, provides, guards

Other Instances 1 Pet. 5:1 1 Tim. 3:1 Phil. 1:1 Titus 1:5

Other Instances 1 Pet. 5:1 1 Tim. 3:1 Phil. 1:1 Titus 1:5 KJV elder bishop bishop elder NKJV elder overseer bishop elder ASV elder bishop bishop elder NASB elder overseer overseer elder ESV elder overseer overseer elder

A Practical Example Acts 20:17, 28

Acts 20:17, 28 A Practical Example KJV elders overseers shepherd NKJV elders overseers shepherd ASV elders bishops feed NASB elders overseers shepherd ESV elders overseers care

Contrasts Of 1 Peter 5:2-3 Not by constraint1 BUT willingly Not for filthy lucre2 BUT a ready mind Not as lords BUT as examples 1some have “compulsion”; Vine’s has force 2advantageous gain in anything

1 Peter 5:1: “…and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed” 1 Peter 5:4: “And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away”