1 Peter 2:25
For all of you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Updated King James Version
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 23:1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; All of you have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, says the LORD.
Ezekiel 34:11For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Ezekiel 37:24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, 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 →