1 Peter 5:3
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
Majority Standard Bible
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 appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
Cross References
Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
Mark 10:42So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.
Acts 20:28Therefore keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of the Lord and of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you 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 →