1 Peter 5:13

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Peter 5:1-14

1 Peter 5:1 . Who am also an elder. See the note on Acts 20:28, and on Philippians 1:1. Let the bishops, says Jerome, know that they are greater than other presbyters, rather by custom than by virtue and reality of the Lord’s ordinance. Cap. 1. supra Sirum. 1 Peter 5:2-5 . Feed the flock of God, by all assiduity in preaching, and in pastoral care. Green pastures must be prepared for the flock, that the whole church may grow in knowledge and in grace. But in doing this be as gentle... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Peter 5:13

1 Peter 5:13The Church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you.The Church in BabylonThe Revised Version omits “the Church,” and substitutes “she”; explaining in a marginal note that there is a difference of opinion as to whether the sender of the letter is a community or an individual. All the old MSS., with one weighty exception, follow the reading, “she that is at Babylon.” That the sender of the letter is a church, symbolically designated as a “lady,” seems the natural... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Peter 5:13

13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you , saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. Ver. 13. The Church that is at Babylon ] At Rome, say the Papists, that they may prove Peter to have been bishop of Rome. But though this be far fetched, yet here they grant us that mystical Babylon mentioned in the Revelation. It is probable that St Peter meant no other Babylon than the metropolis of Chaldaea, where he, being the apostle of the circumcision, preached to those dispersed... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Peter 5:13

at: Psalms 87:4, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 18:2 elected: 2 John 1:13 Marcus: Acts 12:12, Acts 12:25 Reciprocal: 2 Corinthians 13:13 - General Philippians 4:22 - the Colossians 4:10 - and Marcus 2 Timothy 4:11 - Mark read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Peter 5:13

The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.The church that is at Babylon — Near which St. Peter probably was, when he wrote this epistle.Elected together with you — Partaking of the same faith with you.Mark — It seems the evangelist.My son — Probably converted by St. Peter. And he had occasionally served him, "as a son in the gospel." read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Peter 5:13

13. The Church… with you Literally, The co-elect at Babylon. Some, as Alford, understand Peter’s wife. 1 Corinthians 9:5. Most expositors understand the Church, which, indeed, the Sinaitic MS. inserts. Wordsworth would read the co-elect dispersion at Babylon, as the epistle is addressed to the elect dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bythinia. This seems the most reasonable. Babylon See Introduction. Marcus my son Literally so, if the previous clause refers to... read more