1 With regard to the elders among you, being myself a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and a partaker of the glory about to be revealed, I give them this exhortation
2 Tend the flock of God which is among you, watching over it, not by constraint, but willingly; not with a view to sordid gain, but with a ready mind;
3 not as exercising dominion over the lots, but as being examples to the flock.
4 And when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive an unfading crown of glory.
5 Likewise ye who are young, submit to those more advanced in years. And being all submissive to one another; adorn yourselves with humility; because "God resisteth the proud and granteth favour to the humble;"
6 therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may in due time exalt you.
7 Having cast all your care upon him, for he careth for you,
8 be sober, be watchful: because your adversary the devil is walking about, like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour,
9 him you should resist, standing firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are undergone by your brotherhood in the world.
10 Now may the God of all favour, who hath invited us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, when we have suffered a little may he himself fit, support, strengthen and establish you!
11 To him be the glory and the power, for the ages of the ages. Amen.
12 By Sylvanus the faithful brother I have, as I reckon, written briefly to you, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true favour of God for which you stand up.
13 The congregation at Babylon salute you. So doth Marcus my son.
14 Salute one another with a holy kiss. Peace be with you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.