1 Peter 5:3
not as lords of the flock, but so as to be a good example for them:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 20:25And Jesus called them, and said to them: Ye know that the princes of the nations are their lords, and their great men exercise authority over them.
Mark 10:42And Jesus called them, and said to them: Ye know, that they who are accounted chiefs of the nations, are their lords; and their great men have authority over them.
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit hath established you bishops; that ye feed the church of God, which he hath acquired by his blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9For we labor with God: and ye are God's husbandry, and God's edifice.
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 →