1 Peter 5:3
not lording it over your Churches but proving yourselves patterns for the flock to imitate.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
In Context
4And then, when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the never-withering wreath of glory.
Cross References
Matthew 20:25But Jesus called them to Him, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
Mark 10:42Jesus, however, called them to Him and said to them, "You are aware how those who are deemed rulers among the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men make them feel their authority;
Acts 20:28"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.
1 Corinthians 3:9Apollos and I are simply fellow workers for and with God, and you are *God's* field-- *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 →