1 Peter 5:5
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.”
πᾶς
All, every, whole, any. Pas. All things work together for good. All authority has been given to Me. All the promises of God are yes in Christ. God thinks in absolutes of blessing.
ὑποτάσσω
be submitting yourselves
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ὑποτάσσω
To submit, to place under, to be subject to. Hupotasso. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Submission is not weakness. It is the posture of security and strength.
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χάρις
Grace
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χάρις
Grace, favour, gift, charm. Charis. By grace you have been saved through faith. Grace is God giving what we do not deserve. It is His nature expressed toward those who need Him.
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ταπεινοφροσύνη
Humble
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ταπεινοφροσύνη
Humility, lowliness of mind. Tapeinophrosune. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Humility is a choice.
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θεός
God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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δίδωμι
He gives
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δίδωμι
To give, to grant, to bestow. Didomi. God so loved the world that He gave. Giving is the language of love. The greatest gift is always the giver themselves.
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νέος
younger ones,
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νέος
New, young, fresh. Neos. A new self which is being renewed in knowledge. God is constantly making things fresh. His mercies are new every morning.
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πρεσβύτερος
to your elders,
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πρεσβύτερος
older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist (also figuratively, member of the celestial council) or Christian "presbyter"
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ἐγκομβόομαι
do gird on,
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ἐγκομβόομαι
to engirdle oneself (for labor), i.e. figuratively (the apron as being a badge of servitude) to wear (in token of mutual deference)
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ταπεινός
to the humble
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ταπεινός
depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition)
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ὑπερήφανος
Proud
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ὑπερήφανος
appearing above others (conspicuous), i.e. (figuratively) haughty
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ὁμοίως
Likewise
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ὁμοίως
similarly
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