¹ I exhort the elders who are among you, I being also an 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 among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;

³ nor as lording it over those allotted to you by God, but becoming examples to the flock.

⁴ And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.

⁵ Likewise, younger ones, be subject to older ones, and all being subject to one another. Put on humility. For God resists proud ones, but He gives grace to the humble.

⁶ Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you in due time,

⁷ casting all your anxiety onto Him, for He cares for you.

⁸ Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;

⁹ whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in the world are being completed in your brotherhood.

¹⁰ But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

¹¹ To Him be the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.

¹² I wrote to you through a few words, by Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which you stand.

¹³ The fellow-elected in Babylon greet you; also Mark my son.

¹⁴ Greet one another with a kiss of holy love. Peace be to you, all those in Christ Jesus. Amen.