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geneva@1Peter:5:1 @ The (note:)He describes peculiarly the office of the Elders, that is to say, of them that have the care of the Church.(:note) elders which are among you He uses a preface concerning the circumstance of his own person: that is, that he as their companion communes with them not of manners which he knows not, but in which he is as well experienced as any, and propounds to them no other condition but that which he himself has sustained before them, and still takes the same trouble, and also has the same hope together with them. I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

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geneva@1Peter:5:3 @ Neither as being lords over [God's] (note:)Which is the Christian people.(:note) heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

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geneva@1Peter:5:6 @ Humble yourselves therefore (note:)Because those proud and lofty spirits threaten the modest and humble, the apostle warns us to set the power of God against the vanity of proud men, and to rely completely on his providence.(:note) under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

geneva@1Peter:5:7 @ Cast all your care on him: for he careth for you.

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geneva@1Peter:5:9 @ Whom resist stedfast in the faith, (note:)The persecutions which Satan stirs up, are neither new nor proper to any one man, but from old and ancient times common to the whole Church, and therefore we must suffer patiently, in which we have such and so many fellows of our conflicts and combats.(:note) knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your Amongst your brethren which are dispersed throughout the world. brethren that are in the world.

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geneva@1Peter:5:11 @ To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer, Amen.

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geneva@1Peter:5:14 @ Greete ye one another with the kisse of loue. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus, Amen.

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