1 Peter 5:3
not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
In Context
4And when the Leader of pastors will have appeared, you shall secure an unfading crown of glory.
Cross References
Psalms 33:12Come forward, sons. Listen to me. I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:4What was weak, you have not strengthened, and what was sick, you have not healed. What was broken, you have not bound, and what was cast aside, you have not led back again, and what was lost, you have not sought. Instead, you ruled over them with severity and with power.
Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them to himself and said: “You know that the first ones among the Gentiles are their rulers, and that those who are greater exercise power among them.
Mark 10:42But Jesus, calling them, said to them: “You know that those who seem to be leaders among the Gentiles dominate them, and their leaders exercise authority over them.
Acts 20:28Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s assistants. You are God’s cultivation; you are God’s construction.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 5:2-5
Advice to Elders. ( a. d. 66.) 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth… Read the whole commentary →