^{5 Ref} In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

^{6 Ref} be humbled, then, under the powerful hand of God, that you He may exalt in good time,

^{7 Ref} all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

^{8 Ref} Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

^{9 Ref} whom resist, stedfast in the faith, having known the same sufferings to your brotherhood in the world to be accomplished.

^{10 Ref} And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle `you';

^{11 Ref} to Him `is' the glory, and the power -- to the ages and the ages! Amen.

^{12 Ref} Through Silvanus, to you the faithful brother, as I reckon, through few `words' I did write, exhorting and testifying this to be the true grace of God in which ye have stood.