1 Peter 5:3

Do not act as a master over the people who are in your care. Instead, be an example to the flock.

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In The King James Version

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

In Context

2Be 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.

4Then when the Chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive an unfading crown of glory.

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Cross References

Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, 1 the people whom he has chosen as his own inheritance. 1

Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened those who have diseases, nor do you heal the ones who are ill. You do not bind up the ones who are broken, and you do not restore the outcasts or seek the lost. Instead, you rule over them through strength and violence.

Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them to himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles subjugate them, and their important men exercise authority over them.

Mark 10:42Jesus called them to himself and said, “You know those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles dominate them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

Acts 20:28Therefore be careful about yourselves, and about all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be careful to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. + 20:28 Instead of with his own blood , some ancient copies read, with the blood of his own Son .

1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's garden, 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 →

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