1 Humility in service of one another. " Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble." Peter now turns to all of them, i.e. both the elders and the younger (people), and with a certain emphasis sums up their duties in humility.
1Peter 5:5-9. 5-9 Humility preserves peace and order in all Christian churches and societies; pride disturbs them. Where God gives grace to be humble, he will give1Peter Commentaries 1 1 Peter Commentaries 2 - Today in the Word 1 Peter Commentaries 3 - Our Daily Bread, 1 Peter 1:3-5. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance
Verses1-14. Chapter 5. THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Peter 5:1-4)5:1-4 So, then, as your fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as a sharer in the glory which is going to be revealed, I urge the elders who are among you, shepherd the flock of God which is in your charge, not because you are coerced into doing so, but of your own free-will as
1Peter 5. In which the apostle gives particular directions, first to the elders, how to behave themselves towards their flock ( ver 1-4); then to the younger, to be obedient andkYVBS28.