Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 5:1 | The Elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an Elder, and a witnesse of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be reuealed. |
| 5:2 | Feede the flocke of God which is among you, taking the ouersight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde: |
| 5:3 | Neither as being lords ouer Gods heritage: but being ensamples to the flocke. |
| 5:4 | And when the chiefe shepheard shall appeare, ye shall receiue a crowne of glory that fadeth not away. |
| 5:5 | Likewise ye yonger, submit your selues vnto the elder: yea, all of you bee subiect one to another, and bee clothed with humilitie: for God resisteth the proud, and giueth grace to the humble. |
| 5:6 | Humble yourselues therefore vnder the mighty hand of God, that hee may exalt you in due time, |
| 5:7 | Casting all your care vpon him, for he careth for you. |
| 5:8 | Be sober, be vigilant: because your aduersary the deuill, as a roaring Lion walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure. |
| 5:9 | Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. |
| 5:10 | But the God of all grace who hath called vs into his eternall glory by Christ Iesus, after that ye haue suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. |
| 5:11 | To him bee glory and dominion for euer and euer. Amen. |
| 5:12 | By Syluanus a faithfull brother vnto you, (as I suppose) I haue written briefly, exhorting, & testifying, that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. |
| 5:13 | The Church that is at Babylon elected, together with you, saluteth you, and so doth Marcus my sonne. |
| 5:14 | Greete yee one another with a kisse of charity: Peace bee with you all that are in Christ Iesus. Amen. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.