1 Peter 5:1

Leadership And Humility

¹ Now to you who are presbyters I make this appeal; for I am myself a presbyter, and was a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory about to be revealed. ² Be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly, and not through compulsion; not for filthy lucre, but with a willing mind;

Flock of God

Feed The Flock Of God

Sufferings Of Christ

Christ

Messiah

Luke 24:48

"You must bear testimony to this.

Acts 11:30

This they did, forwarding their contributions to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, who am your brother and who share with you in the woes and kingdom and stedfastness of Jesus, found myself in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

John 15:26-27

"When the Comforter is come whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who comes forth from the Father, he will bear witness of me;

Acts 1:8

"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

Acts 1:22

from his baptism by John down to the day on which he was taken up from us, one should join us a witness to his resurrection."

Acts 2:32

This Jesus God has raised up, of this we are all witnesses.

Acts 3:15

"The Pioneer of Life you put to death. But God has raised him from the dead, and we are witnesses of that fact.

Acts 5:30-32

"We must obey God rather than man. The God of our fathers has raised up Jesus, whom you slew by hanging him on a tree.

Acts 10:39-41

"And we were witnesses of all that he did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him, hanging him on a tree.

Acts 14:23

They chose elders for them in every church, after prayer and fasting, and commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Acts 15:4

Upon their arrival in Jerusalem they were received by the church and the apostles and elders, and they told them all things that God had done with them.

Acts 15:6

The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;

Acts 15:22-23

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to select some of their number, and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. The men chosen were Judas called Bar-Sabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.

Acts 20:17

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church to come to him;

Acts 20:28

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.

Acts 21:18

On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the elders were present.

Romans 8:17-18

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Philippians 1:19

For I know that these things will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and a rich supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:21-23

For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Colossians 3:3-4

for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not reprimand an aged man, but continue pleading with him as if he were your father. Treat the young men as brothers,

1 Timothy 5:19

Do not receive an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:8

Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

Titus 1:5

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you might set right the things left unfinished, and appoint presbyters in every city as I had instructed you;

1 Peter 1:3-5

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose great mercy we have been born anew into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;

1 Peter 1:7

These are in order that the test of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable and yet is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor, at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were ministering the truths which have now been announced to you, by those who preached the gospel to you, through the help of the Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven??ruths into which angels long to look.

1 Peter 5:4

Then, when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you too will receive the fadeless wreath of glory.

1 John 3:2

We are God's children now, beloved; what we shall be has never yet been made manifest. But we know that when he is manifested we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

2 John 1:1-15

The Elder to the Elect Lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth.