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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 5
The elders are to feed the flock of God—Humility and godly graces
lead to perfection.
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1 THE
aelders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder,
and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a
bpartaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
2 aFeed the
bflock of God which is among you, taking the
coversight thereof, not by constraint, but
dwillingly; not for efilthy
flucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being alords
over God's heritage, but being bensamples to the
flock.
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4 And when the chief
aShepherd shall
appeara, ye shall receive a
bcrown of cglory that fadeth not
away.
5 Likewise, ye younger,
asubmit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you
be subject one to another, and be clothed with bhumility:
for God cresisteth the dproud, and giveth
grace to the ehumble.
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4a when the chief Sheperd shall
appear This of course references the time of the Second Coming of
Jesus Christ and the final reward of the judgment. Being but at the meridian
of time, this is some millenial away, 2,000 years to the Second Coming and
another 1,000 year mellennium before finalization.
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6 aHumble yourselves
therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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8 Be asober, be
bvigilant; because your adversary the
cdevil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour:
9 Whom resist astedfast in
the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are
baccomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
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10 But the God of all
agrace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you
bperfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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12 By aSilvanus, 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 The church that is at
aBabylona, elected
together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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13a at Babylon While 'Babylon'
can be a generalization for the general location of the wicked metaforically,
here it seems to denote a particular place. That Peter would eventuate to
Rome, the heart of the evil Roman Empire, it seems fitting that if Peter's
scribe is writing the word of Peter from 'Rome', the evil city, that he refer
to it as Babylon. That the translators include the note 'church that is
at Babylon and being so elected with the saints, it seem appropriate that it
be considered that this epistle of Peter is being written from Rome, the
center of the wicked Roman Empire.
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