1 Peter 5:1-4

Serve God Willingly

1 1Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your 2fellow elder and 3witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a 4partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed,
2 shepherd 5the flock of God among you, exercising oversight 6not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and 7not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;
3 nor yet as 8lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be 9examples to the flock.
4 And when the Chief 10Shepherd appears, you will receive the 11unfading 12crown of glory.

Cross References 12

  • 1. Acts 11:30
  • 2. 2 John 1; 3 John 1
  • 3. Luke 24:48; Hebrews 12:1
  • 4. 1 Peter 1:5, 7; 1 Peter 4:13; Revelation 1:9
  • 5. John 21:16; Acts 20:28
  • 6. Philemon 14
  • 7. 1 Timothy 3:8
  • 8. Ezekiel 34:4; Matthew 20:25
  • 9. John 13:15; Philippians 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 3:9; 1 Timothy 4:12; Titus 2:7
  • 10. 1 Peter 2:25
  • 11. 1 Peter 1:4
  • 12. 1 Corinthians 9:25

Footnotes 3

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