1 Peter 2:25
For ye were as sheep going astray, but have now turned back unto the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 23:1Yahweh, is my shepherd—I shall not want:
Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And in his own bosom, will he carry [them],—Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Concerning the shepherds who are tending my people,—Ye have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and have not visited them,—Behold me! visiting upon you the wickedness of your doings Declareth Yahweh.
Ezekiel 34:11For Thus saith My Lord. Yahweh,- Here am I myself Therefore will I inquire after my flock and seek them out:
Ezekiel 37:24And my servant David shall be king over them, And one shepherd, shall they all have, And in my regulations, shall they walk, And my statutes, shall they observe and do them.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:14-25
Submission to Magistrates; Various Exhortations; Christ's Example as a Sufferer. ( a. d. 66.) 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the… Read the whole commentary →