1 Peter 5:2
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
Note NE and WH do not include watching over them.
Note WH, BYZ, and TR but willingly
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;
shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Feed
- Song of Songs 1:8; Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:2, 3, 23; Micah 5:4; Micah 7:14; John 21:15–17; Acts 20:28
- the flock
- Isaiah 63:11; Jeremiah 13:17, 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.
- Psalm 78:71, 72; Acts 20:26, 27
- taking
- Hebrews 12:15
- not by
- Isaiah 6:8; 1 Corinthians 9:16, 17
- not for
- Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:10; Micah 3:11; Malachi 1:10; Acts 20:33, 34; 2 Corinthians 12:14, 15; 1 Timothy 3:3, 8; Titus 1:7, 11; 2 Peter 2:3; Revelation 18:12, 13
- of
- Acts 21:13; Romans 1:15; Titus 2:14; Titus 3:1