1 Peter 5:3
Don't be arrogant, lording it over those who have been put in your care, but be an example to the flock.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
In Context
4When the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive a glorious crown that will never fade.
Cross References
Psalms 33:12Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen as specially belonging to him.
Ezekiel 34:4You haven't taken care of the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought home the strays, or looked for the lost. On the contrary, you ruled them using violence and cruelty.
Matthew 20:25Jesus called them together and told them, “You know that foreign rulers lord it over their subjects, and powerful leaders oppress them.
Mark 10:42Jesus called the disciples together and told them, “You realize that those who claim to rule over nations oppress their people. The rulers act like tyrants.
Acts 20:28Take care of yourselves and of all the flock, which the Holy Spirit has given to you to supervise. Feed the Lord's church which he bought with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9We are workers together with God—and you are God's field, his 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 →