1 Peter 5:3
not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
In Context
4When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
Cross References
Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
Ezekiel 34:4You haven’t strengthened the diseased. You haven’t healed that which was sick. You haven’t bound up that which was broken. You haven’t brought back that which was driven away. You haven’t sought that which was lost, but you have ruled over them with force and with rigor.
Matthew 20:25But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Mark 10:42Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that they who are recognised as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Acts 20:28Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, 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 →