3Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.


In Context

1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

2 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;

3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.

5 Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

1 Peter 5:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Neither as being lords over [God’s] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:3Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:3neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,