1 Peter 5:3
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;
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 not away.
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
- KJV
- Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
- WEB
- not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
- ASV
- neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
- DARBY
- not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.
- BLB
- not as exercising lordship over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
- ÅB
- heller ikke som de som vil herske over sine menigheter, men slik at dere blir mønster for flokken;
- OTB
- ikke ved å herske over dem som er betrodd dere, men ved å være eksempler for flokken.
- B1930
- heller ikke som de som vil herske over sine menigheter, men således at I blir mønster for hjorden;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:17
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
Read in contextEzekiel 34:4
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Read in contextMatthew 20:25–26
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:24
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:12
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Read in contextTitus 2:7
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Read in contextActs 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
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