1 Peter 5:5

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Summary

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

All

Be clothed

Colossians 3:12

God

James 4:6

Job 22:29

Giveth

Isaiah 57:15

Isaiah 66:2

General references

Bible References

All

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

and be subject to one another in the

fear of Christ.

Do nothing from

selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;

Be clothed

Your adornment must not be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses;

“Now therefore arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.

Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
And let Your godly ones sing for joy.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and

patience;

God

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

“When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence,
And the

humble person He will save.

Giveth

For thus says the high and exalted One
Who

lives forever, whose name is Holy,

“I dwell on a high and holy place,
And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the lowly
And to revive the heart of the contrite.

“For My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

General references

And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod,
And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest.