1Pe 5:1 | RWP | e4.org | Who am a fellow-elder ( ο συνπρεσβυτερος ). Earliest use of this compound in an inscription of B.C. 120 for fellow-elders (alderman) in a town, here only in N.T., in eccles. writers. For the word πρεσβυτερος in the technical sense of officers in a Christian church (like elder in the local synagogues of the Jews) see ; . It is noteworthy that here Peter the Apostle ( ) calls himself an elder along with ( συν ) the other "elders." A witness ( μαρτυς ). This is what Jesus had said they must be ( ) and what Peter claimed to be ( ; ). So Paul was to be a μαρτυς ( ). Who am also a partaker ( ο κα κοινωνος ). "The partner also," "the partaker also." See ; ; . See same idea in . In ; we have almost this about the glory about to be revealed to us where μελλω as here is used with the infinitive.

‏ 1 Peter 5:1

Who am a fellow-elder ( ο συνπρεσβυτερος ). Earliest use of this compound in an inscription of B.C. 120 for fellow-elders (alderman) in a town, here only in N.T., in eccles. writers. For the word πρεσβυτερος in the technical sense of officers in a Christian church (like elder in the local synagogues of the Jews) see Ac 11:30; 20:17. It is noteworthy that here Peter the Apostle (1:1) calls himself an elder along with ( συν ) the other "elders."

A witness ( μαρτυς ). This is what Jesus had said they must be (Ac 1:8) and what Peter claimed to be (Ac 3:15; 10:39). So Paul was to be a μαρτυς (Ac 22:15).

Who am also a partaker ( ο κα κοινωνος ). "The partner also," "the partaker also." See Lu 5:10; 2Co 1:7; 2Pe 1:4. See same idea in Ro 8:17. In Ga 3:23; Ro 8:18 we have almost this about the glory about to be revealed to us where μελλω as here is used with the infinitive.