Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Peter 5:6

"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;" — 1 Peter 5:6 (ASV)

Humble yourselves therefore.—This, too, seems like an amplification of a proverb when we compare it with James 4:10. The humility here recommended is not merely a submissive bearing of the strokes that God saw fit to let fall upon them, but it was to be shown, as we see in the previous verse, in their bearing toward one another. And the mighty hand of God is not to be regarded as what chastises them, but as the protecting shelter that they are humbly to seek.

In due time.—St. Peter probably means the day of judgment, which seemed so imminent.