1 Peter 5:3
not as lording it over your allotted charge, but being examples to the flock;
Noyes 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 shall appear, ye will receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Cross References
Psalms 33:12Happy the nation whose God is Jehovah; The people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.
Ezekiel 34:4The weak do ye not strengthen, and the sick do ye not heal, and the wounded do ye not bind up; ye bring not back that which hath been driven away, neither seek ye that which hath been lost; but with force and with cruelty do ye rule them.
Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them to him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great men exercise a strict authority over them.
Mark 10:42And Jesus, calling them to him, saith to them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the nations lord it over them, and their great men exercise a strict authority over them.
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, ye are 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 →