1 Peter 2:25
All of you had been wandering away like lost sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 23:1Yahweh is my shepherd; I will lack nothing. 1
Psalms 119:176I have wandered off like a lost sheep; 1 seek your servant, 1 for I have not forgotten your commandments.
Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather in his arm the lambs, 1 and carry them close to his heart, 1 and will gently lead the ewes nursing their young. 1
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this concerning the shepherds who are shepherding his people, “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away. You have not cared for them. So I am about to punish you for the evil you have done—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Ezekiel 34:11For the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I myself will seek out my flock and I will look after them,
Ezekiel 37:24David my servant will be king over them. So there will be one shepherd over them all, and they will walk according to my decrees and they will keep my statutes and obey them.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →