5:1 The elders who 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:
5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthylucre, but from a ready mind;
5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
5:4 And when the chiefShepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
5:12 By Silvanus, a faithfulbrother to you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which ye stand.
5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son.
