1 Peter 5:2
Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God would have you serve—not for shameful profit but eagerly.
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3Do not act as a master over the people who are in your care. Instead, be an example to the flock.
Cross References
2 Kings 12:6But by the twenty-third year of King Joash, the priests had not repaired anything in the temple.
Song of Solomon 1:8If you do not know, most beautiful among women, 1 follow the tracks of my flock, 1 and pasture your young goats near the shepherds' tents. 1
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
Isaiah 63:11His people thought about the ancient times of Moses. 1 They said, “Where is God, who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? 1 Where is God, who put his Holy Spirit among them? 1
Jeremiah 8:10So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will possess them, 1 because from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain! From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit. 1
Jeremiah 13:20Lift up your eyes and look at the ones coming from the north. 1 Where is the flock he gave to you, the flock that was so beautiful to you? 1
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 →