1. The elders which are among you I exhort, who am their fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also am partaker of the glory about to be revealed:
2. shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;
3. not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.
4. And when the chief shepherd is manifested ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.