1 Peter 5 The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened ² Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde ³ Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke ⁴ And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory ⁵ Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble ⁶ Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come ⁷ Cast all your care vpon hym, for he careth for you ⁸ Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour ⁹ Whom resist stedfast in the fayth, knowyng that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the worlde ¹⁰ But the God of all grace whiche hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christe Iesus, shal his owne selfe, after that ye haue suffred a litle affliction, make you perfite, setle, strength, and stablyshe you ¹¹ To hym be glory and dominion, for euer and euer. Amen ¹² By Syluanus a faythfull brother, vnto you, as I suppose, haue I wrytten briefly, exhortyng and testifiyng, howe that this is the true grace of God, wherin ye stande ¹³ The Churche that is at Babylon elected together with you, saluteth you, and so doeth Marcus my sonne ¹⁴ Greete ye one another with the kysse of loue. Peace be with you all which are in Christe Iesus. Amen