1 Peter 5:3
neither as being lords over the heritage, but being examples to the flock.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
In Context
4And when the chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.
Cross References
Matthew 20:25But Jesus, having called them to him, said: Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them.
Mark 10:42And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule[10:42] over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord[20:28], which he purchased with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, God's building.
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 →