1 Peter 5:2

Overview - 1 Peter 5
He exhorts the elders to feed their flocks;
the younger to obey;
and all to be sober, watchful, and constant in the faith;
and to resist the cruel adversary the devil.
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1 Peter 5:2  (King James Version)
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;
 


Feed
Solomon 1:8 ; Isaiah 40:11 ; Ezekiel 34:2 Ezekiel 34:3 Ezekiel 34:23 ; Micah 5:4 ; 7:14 John 21:15-17
Acts 20:28

the flock
Isaiah 63:11 ; Jeremiah 13:17 Jeremiah 13:20 ; Ezekiel 34:31 ; Zechariah 11:17 ; Luke 12:32 ; 1 Corinthians 9:7

which is among you
or, as much as in you is.
Psalms 78:71 Psalms 78:72 ; Acts 20:26 Acts 20:27

taking
Hebrews 12:15 ; *Gr:

not by
Isaiah 6:8 ; 1 Corinthians 9:16 1 Corinthians 9:17

not for
Isaiah 56:11 ; Jeremiah 6:13 ; 8:10 Micah 3:11 ; Malachi 1:10 ; Acts 20:33 Acts 20:34
2 Corinthians 12:14 2 Corinthians 12:15 ; 1 Timothy 3:3 1 Timothy 3:8 ; Titus 1:7 Titus 1:11 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; Revelation 18:12 Revelation 18:13

of
Acts 21:13 ; Romans 1:15 ; Titus 2:14 ; 3:1