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1 Peter 5:3

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not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

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1 Peter 5:3 in other translations

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

1 Peter 5:3 · American Standard Version

1 Peter 5:3 in context

  1. 1Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
  2. 2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
  3. 3not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
  4. 4When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
  5. 5Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”