Who am a fellow-elder (ο συνπρεσβυτερος). Earliest use of this compound in an inscription of B.C. 120 for fellow-elders (alderman)…

1 PETER CHAPTER 5

ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER

This chapter embraces the following subjects:

1. An exhortation to the elders …

The elders which are among you . . .—The best text preserves the word “therefore” after “elders.” In view, that is, of th…

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…

The “elders” (GK 4565) are the leaders of the local congregations. The institution of a group of older and wiser men providing direction and rule g…

In exhorting pastors to their duty, he points out especially three vices which are found to be very prevalent: sloth, desire of gain, and lust for …

The elders which are among you I exhort
The apostle returns to particular exhortations, after having finished his ge…

The apostle Peter does not command, but exhorts. He does not claim power to rule over all pastors and churches.