1 Peter 5:1 (ASV)

Passage

The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

Nearby Context

1 Peter 5:1 The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

1 Peter 5:2 Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to [the will of] God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

1 Peter 5:3 neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elders", "exhort", "fellow-elder", "witness", "sufferings", "christ", "partaker", and "glory". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elders" and "exhort", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Tend the flock of God which is...", so "elders" and "exhort" should be read forward into that movement. In 1 Peter context, the local focus is hope in suffering, holy conduct, submission, and grace.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elders" and "exhort" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.