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So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ as well as a partaker in the glory that is to be revealed.
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Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly,
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not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock.
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And when the chief Shepherd is manifested you will obtain the unfading crown of glory.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
