1 Peter 5:3

but wilfulli, nether as hauynge lordschip in the clergie, but that ye ben maad ensaumple of the floc, of wille.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

In Context

2that ben among you, fede ye the flok of God, that is among you, and puruey ye, not as constreyned, but wilfulli, bi God; not for loue of foule wynnyng,

4And whanne the prince of scheepherdis schal appere, ye schulen resseyue the coroun of glorie, that may neuere fade.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:12Come, ye sones, here ye me; Y schal teche you the drede of the Lord.

Ezekiel 34:4Ye maden not sad that that was vnstidfast, and ye maden not hool that that was sijk; ye bounden not that that was brokun, and ye brouyten not ayen that that was cast awei, and ye souyten not that that perischide; but ye comaundiden to hem with sturnenesse, and with power.

Matthew 20:25But Jhesus clepide hem to hym, and seide, Ye witen, that princis of hethene men ben lordis of hem, and thei that ben gretter, vsen power on hem.

Mark 10:42But Jhesus clepide hem, and seide to hem, Ye witen, that thei that semen to haue prynshode of folkis, ben lordis of hem, and the princes of hem han power of hem.

1 Corinthians 3:9For we ben the helperis of God; ye ben the erthetiliyng of God, ye ben the bildyng of God.

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