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1 Peter 5:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Feedf the flock of God βwhich is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willinglyh; not for filthy lucrei, but of a ready mind;

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
¹⁷He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own. (Acts 20:28)

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or, as much as in you is.

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1 Cor. 9:17• ¹⁷For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration. (1 Cor. 9:17)

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1 Tim. 3:3,8• ³not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means, (1 Tim. 3:3,8)

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Feed.

Song of Sol. 1:8• ⁸If thou know not, thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' booths. (Song of Sol. 1:8)

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Isa. 40:11• ¹¹He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)

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Ezek. 34:2‑3,23• ²Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy; and say unto them, unto the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the shepherds of Israel that feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?
³Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool; ye kill them that are fattened: but ye feed not the flock.
²³And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David: he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. (Ezek. 34:2‑3,23)

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Mic. 5:4• ⁴And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God. And they shall abide; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth. (Mic. 5:4)

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Mic. 7:14• ¹⁴Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, dwelling alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. (Mic. 7:14)

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John 21:15‑17• ¹⁵When therefore they had dined, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.
¹⁶He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He says to him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. He says to him, Shepherd my sheep.
¹⁷He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:15‑17)

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Acts 20:28• ²⁸Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own. (Acts 20:28)

the flock.

Isa. 63:11• ¹¹But he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him, (Isa. 63:11)

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Jer. 13:17,20• ¹⁷And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.
²⁰Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? (Jer. 13:17,20)

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Ezek. 34:31• ³¹And ye, my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men: I am your God, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 34:31)

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Zech. 11:17• ¹⁷Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye utterly darkened. (Zech. 11:17)

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Luke 12:32• ³²Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32)

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1 Cor. 9:7• ⁷Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock? (1 Cor. 9:7)

which is among you.

or, as much as in you is.

Psa. 78:71‑72• ⁷¹From following the suckling-ewes, he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
⁷²And he fed them according to the integrity of his heart, and led them by the skilfulness of his hands. (Psa. 78:71‑72)

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Acts 20:26‑27• ²⁶Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
²⁷for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:26‑27)

taking.

Heb. 12:15• ¹⁵watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; (Heb. 12:15)

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Heb. 12• (Heb. 12)

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not by.

Isa. 6:8• ⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? And I said, Here am I; send me. (Isa. 6:8)

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1 Cor. 9:16‑17• ¹⁶For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.
¹⁷For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration. (1 Cor. 9:16‑17)

not for.

Isa. 56:11• ¹¹and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them: (Isa. 56:11)

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Jer. 6:13• ¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 6:13)

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Jer. 8:10• ¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess them; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 8:10)

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Mic. 3:11• ¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (Mic. 3:11)

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Mal. 1:10• ¹⁰Who is there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle fire on mine altar for nothing. I have no delight in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an oblation at your hand. (Mal. 1:10)

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Acts 20:33‑34• ³³I have coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one.
³⁴Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me. (Acts 20:33‑34)

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2 Cor. 12:14‑15• ¹⁴Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
¹⁵Now *I* shall most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls, if even in abundantly loving you I should be less loved. (2 Cor. 12:14‑15)

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1 Tim. 3:3,8• ³not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means, (1 Tim. 3:3,8)

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Titus 1:7,11• ⁷For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;
¹¹who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain. (Titus 1:7,11)

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2 Peter 2:3• ³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. (2 Peter 2:3)

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Rev. 18:12‑13• ¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,
¹³and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men. (Rev. 18:12‑13)

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Acts 21:13• ¹³But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for *I* am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. (Acts 21:13)

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Rom. 1:15• ¹⁵so, as far as depends on me, am I ready to announce the glad tidings to you also who are in Rome. (Rom. 1:15)

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Titus 2:14• ¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:14)

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Titus 3:1• ¹Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work, (Titus 3:1)

• Take the common misuse of Hebrews 13:17, implying that those that guide, or have the rule, have to give account of the souls who are exhorted to obey them. The truth is, that the guides are called to watch in their behalf as having to give account, not of the sheep, but of their own conduct toward them before the Lord. (“1 Peter 5:1-4” by W. Kelly)

• It is not under law but grace, and the zeal of love brightened and cheered and strengthened by the crown of rejoicing in those tended, in the presence of the Lord Jesus at His coming, the contrast of base gain in this life. (“1 Peter 5:1-4” by W. Kelly)

• How impossible for anyone to entertain the notion of its being his flock, if he has laid hold of the thought that it is the flock of God, and that God allows us to feed it!....At the moment that He convinced him of his utter nothingness, He entrusted to him that which was dearest to Himself. (“1 Peter 5” by J.N. Darby)

• {v.2-3} He is to take up his service willingly, readily, and as himself a model to the flock. The Holy Ghost who inspired these words foresaw what a tendency there would be to take up such work, either from compulsion, or for love of gain, or for desire for power and influence. (“1 Peter 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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shepherdg the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;

JND Translation Notes

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The aorist and characteristic. the whole conduct in this character being looked at together as constituting it. They are to act in this character, or have it by acting. It is not simply an exhortation to do it, but to acquire that character by doing it; to be so characterized; "Be shepherders."

W. Kelly Translation

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Tenda the flock of God that [is] among you, exercising oversightb, not by necessity but willinglyc, not for base gain, but readily,

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a

Or, "shepherd." "Tend" is better, as being more comprehensive, than "feed," cf. {vi 126900}{/vi}. This was never to be forgotten by Peter any more than by John.

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Some MSS. here remarkably omit "exercising oversight."

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Some MSS. here add "according to God." The weight of authorities is rather equally divided for and against the words.