and not as lording it over those under your care[a], but being examples for the flock. And when[b] the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:3 Literally “the portion”
  2. 1 Peter 5:4 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“appears”)