“The elders which 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:”
To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings, and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed — Peter addresses 'elders' (presbyter, church leaders) not with hierarchical authority but as a 'fellow elder' (synpresbyterus), establishing peer relationship. His credentials rest on being a 'witness of Christ's sufferings' (martys tōn tou Christou pathēmatōn) and future participant in glory (doxa).
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