New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Peter 5:3
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
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Neither as being lords over [God’s] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
KJV text & permissions
not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
ASV text & permissions
not as exercising lordship over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Peter 5
1 As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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