...this only, was their proper ecclesiastical office. Accordingly, the Apostle Peter speaks thus — " 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."...

...with his own exertions, he was not neglectful to stir up the pure minds of his fellowlabourers : " The elders which are among you, I exhort, who am also an elder," — " feed the flock of God." But as that charge relates especially to such as are called to fill a public office in the church,...

...with his own exertions, he was not neglectful to stir up the pure minds of his fellowlabourers : " The elders which are among you, I exhort, who am also an elder," — " feed the flock of God." But as that charge relates especially to such as are called to fill a public office in the church,...

...Rome, or Pope ! The man seems to have no idea that he was a pope. He says in his 1st Epistle, 5:1, " The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder." An elder ! was that all ? Why, Peter, do you forget yourself? Do you not know that you are universal...

...remind him of his Epistles. He does not say any thing in them about his being POPE. No, he says, " The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder." Not a word says he about the Mass, or the Seven Sacraments, or Transubstantiation. Let the reader turn...

...— Ezek iii. 17. Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel. — 1 Pet. v. 1. The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder. — Eph. iv. 11. And he gave some — teachers. — 2 Cor. v. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ,...

...Rome, or Pope ! The man seems to have no idea that he was a pope. He says in his 1st Epistle, 5:1, " The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder." An elder ! was that all ? Why, Peter, do you forget yourself? Do you not know that you are universal...

...Rome, or Pope ! The man seems to have no idea that he was a pope. He says in his 1st Epistle, 5:1, " The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder." An elder ! was that all ? Why, Peter, do you forget yourself? Do you not know that you are universal...

...and alt to be tobtr, watchful, and constant in the faith : 9 to rctiit the cruel adversary the devil. 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:...

...that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 1 PETER 5 : 1. 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...