1 I exhort [the] elders among you⁺ [as] a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ and a partaker of the glory being about to be revealed: VP
2 Shepherd the flock of God among you⁺, exercising oversight, not under compulsion but willingly according to God; and not for shameful gain but eagerly, VP
3 not as exercising lordship over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. VP
4 And [on] the Chief Shepherd having been made manifest, you⁺ will receive the unfading crown of glory. VP
5 Likewise, younger [ones], be subject to [your] elders. And all, gird on humility to one another, because, “God opposes [the] proud, but gives grace to [the] humble.” VP
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you⁺ in due time, VP
7 having cast all your⁺ anxiety on Him, because with Him there is care about you⁺. VP
8 Be sober-minded; be alert. Your⁺ adversary the devil prowls around as a roaring lion seeking whom to swallow up, VP
9 whom you⁺ should resist, firm in the faith, knowing the same sufferings in your⁺ brotherhood to be experienced in the world. VP
10 And the God of all grace, the [One] having called you⁺ to His eternal glory in Christ, having suffered a little while, He Himself will complete, will confirm, will strengthen, [and] will establish [you]. VP
11 To Him [be] the power to the ages of the ages. Amen. VP
12 Through Silvanus, the faithful brother as I reckon [him], I wrote to you⁺ through few [words], exhorting and testifying this to be [the] true grace of God, in which you⁺ stand. VP
13 She in Babylon chosen with [you] greets you⁺, and my son Mark. VP
14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to you⁺ all who [are] in Christ. VP