 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 pages
...that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort, and to convince the gainsayers. 1 Pet. 5. 1. The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint but willingly;... | |
 | 1844 - 636 pages
...large experience he had of God's truth, and what he suffered. Peter was another, hence Peter says, " the elders which are among you, I exhort, who am also an elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and aleo a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed,"... | |
 | Francis August Schaeffer - 2001 - 196 pages
...people. The church is not to be a place of chaos; it is to be a place of order. We read in 1 Peter 5:1-3: "The elders which are among you 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:... | |
 | H. L. Willmington - 1981 - 1038 pages
...Creator." IV. God's Salvation: The Delights of Service (5:1-14). A. Serving as a shepherd (5:1-4). "The elders which are among you 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:... | |
 | Dick Iverson, Ray Grant - 1984 - 172 pages
...both refer to the same man in the role of ministry, let us look at the fifth chapter of First Peter: The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder.. .feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof...(I Peter 5:1-2) Peter was... | |
 | J. Sidlow Baxter, James Sidlow Baxter - 1986 - 1848 pages
...sufferings, that when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy" (iv. 13). "The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory which shall be revealed"... | |
 | Frank Damazio - 1988 - 364 pages
...example of a New Testament warning against domineering leadership is in I Peter 5:1-5, which states: "The Elders which are among you 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:... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 568 pages
...overseer of a church, or he might not. The terms are not interchangeable. Peter was inspired to write, "The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder..." (I Pet. 5:1). Timothy was commanded, "Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father..." (I Tim.... | |
 | Paul V. Harrison, Robert E. Picirilli - 1992 - 384 pages
...perspective of responsibility, to exercise watchcare and oversight. 1. Peter's qualifications (v. 1) 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings off Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.... | |
 | David F. Wells - 1993 - 268 pages
...against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. — I Timothy 6:TI-I9. — or — The elders which are among you 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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The elders which are among you 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. Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint,... 
