1Peter:5

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* 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 : * * Neither as being lords over [God 's ] (note :)Which is the Christian people .(:note ) heritage , but being ensamples to the flock . * * * 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 : * Cast all your care on him : for he careth for you . * * 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 . * * To him be glory and dominion for euer and euer , Amen . * * * Greete ye one another with the kisse of loue . Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus , Amen .

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