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[1] The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened
[2] Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde
[3] Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke
[4] And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory
[5] Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble
[6] Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come
[7] Cast all your care vpon hym, for he careth for you
[8] Be sober, & watche, for your aduersarie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion walketh about seking who he may deuour
[9] Whom resist stedfast in the fayth, knowyng that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the worlde
[10] But the God of all grace whiche hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christe Iesus, shal his owne selfe, after that ye haue suffred a litle affliction, make you perfite, setle, strength, and stablyshe you
[11] To hym be glory and dominion, for euer and euer. Amen
[12] By Syluanus a faythfull brother, vnto you, as I suppose, haue I wrytten briefly, exhortyng and testifiyng, howe that this is the true grace of God, wherin ye stande
[13] The Churche that is at Babylon elected together with you, saluteth you, and so doeth Marcus my sonne
[14] Greete ye one another with the kysse of loue. Peace be with you all which are in Christe Iesus. Amen
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