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Be subject (hopotagēte). Second aorist passive imperative of hupotassō.
Unto the elder (presbuterois). Dative case. Here the antithesis between younger and elder shows that the word refers to age, not to office as in 1Pe 5:1. See a like change in meaning in 1Ti 5:1, 1Ti 5:17.
All (pantes). All ages, sexes, classes.
Gird yourselves with humility (tēn tapeinophrosunēn egkombōsasthe). First aorist middle imperative of egkomboomai, late and rare verb (in Apollodorus, fourth cent. b.c.), here only in N.T., from en and kombos (knot, like the knot of a girdle). Egkombōma was the white scarf or apron of slaves. It is quite probable that Peter here is thinking of what Jesus did (Joh 13:4.) when he girded himself with a towel and taught the disciples, Peter in particular (Joh 13:9.), the lesson of humility (Joh 13:15). Peter had at last learned the lesson (Joh 21:15-19).
The proud (huperēphanois). Dative plural of huperēphanos (Jam 4:6; Rom 1:30) after antitassetai (present middle indicative of antitassō as in Jam 4:6 (quoted there as here from Pro 3:34).