1 Peter 5:3
Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
In Context
4And when that chiefe shepheard shall appeare, ye shall receiue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
Cross References
Psalms 33:12Blessed is that nation, whose God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance.
Ezekiel 34:4The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, neither haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor brought againe that which was driuen away, neither haue yee sought that which was lost, but with crueltie, and with rigour haue yee ruled them.
Matthew 20:25Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and saide, We knowe that the lordes of the Gentiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie ouer them.
Mark 10:42But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayd to them, Ye know that they which are princes among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be great among them, exercise authoritie ouer them.
Acts 20:28Take heede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you Ouerseers, to feede the Church of God, which hee hath purchased with that his owne blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we together are Gods labourers: yee are Gods husbandrie, and Gods 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 →