In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while,

each according as he has received a gift, ministering it to one another, as good stewards of the various grace of God.

So, the elders in the various places where you live, are to receive the following exhortation. (I too, am an elder and have witnessed the sufferings of Christ, and am also assured of partaking of the glorious [salvation, 1:5] that will someday be revealed).

casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,