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So Elders, Lead By Example

Therefore[a] I exhort the elders among you, I the fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, the sharer[b] also of the glory going-to be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising-oversight— not by-compulsion[c], but willingly[d], according to God; nor greedily, but eagerly; nor as lording-over[e] your lots[f], but being patterns for the flock.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:1 In these circumstances and to this end, I exhort you as follows.
  2. 1 Peter 5:1 That is, former sharer (at the transfiguration, 2 Pet 1:17); or, future sharer with you.
  3. 1 Peter 5:2 Or, out of obligation, by necessity; by being forced into this role.
  4. 1 Peter 5:2 Or, by-choice, voluntarily.
  5. 1 Peter 5:3 Or, domineering, ruling-over.
  6. 1 Peter 5:3 That is, the ones allotted to your charge by God; those for whom you are responsible.

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