Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Peter 5:1

"The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:" — 1 Peter 5:1 (ASV)

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 shall be revealed:

Here again, as in the first chapter, Peter links the sufferings of Christ with his glory.