1 The elders therefore who are among you I exhort, who am a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight not by constraint, but willingly according to God, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over the clergy; but being ensamples to the flock.
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5 Likewise ye younger, submit your selves unto the elder: yea, and all one with another, be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
6 Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation.
7 Casting all your Care upon him, for he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour.
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith; knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the World.
10 But the God of all Grace, who hath called you unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, will make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].
11 To him [be] dominion for ever and ever. Amen,
12 By Silvanus a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying, that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
13 She who is co-elect in Babylon, saluteth you, and Marcus my son.
14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be] with you all that are in Christ.