The interpretation timeline

1Pet 5:11

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Pet 5:11 · Douay-Rheims
“To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
637
A.D.
Andreas of Caesarea Patristic
c. A.D. 563–637
“It is ultimately the role of the Father and of the Son to proclaim the mystery of faith, because the glory and power belong to them, although they condescend to make use of us and of our preaching.”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.