Passage Research
1 Peter 5 — Sermon Preparation
Elders are urged to shepherd willingly and humbly, and all believers are called to resist the devil and humble themselves under God's mighty hand. Below is a research summary for 1 Peter 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Peter 5 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ποίμνιον | poímnion | G4168 | 2 | flock |
| χάρις | cháris | G5485 | 3 | acceptable, benefit, favour, gift |
| δόξα | dóxa | G1391 | 3 | dignity, glory, honour, praise |
| πάθημα | páthēma | G3804 | 2 | affection, affliction, motion, suffering |
| ἀσπάζομαι | aspázomai | G782 | 2 | embrace, greet, salute, take leave |
| πρεσβύτερος | presbýteros | G4245 | 2 | elder, old |
| παρακαλέω | parakaléō | G3870 | 2 | beseech, call for, comfort, desire |
How preachers through history handled this text
35 public-domain excerpts on 1 Peter 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In conclusion, the apostle prays to God for them, as the God of all grace. Perfect implies their progress towards perfection. Stablish imports the curing of our natural lightness and inconstancy. Strengthen has respect to the growth of graces, especially where weakest and lowest. Settle signifies to fix upon a sure foundation, and may refer to Him who is the Foundation and Strength of believers. These expressions show that perseverance and progress in grace are first to be sought after by every Christian. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Peter 5:10–25 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 2— 1 Pet 5:13
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