Peter’s instruction to the congregation in relation to leadership climaxes in a quote from Proverbs 3:34 in relation to humility. In the following paragraph the apostle stresses the need for such humility amongst the people of God as they undergo the “fiery trial” the Lord lays on their path.
1 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: