3Neither as being lords over [God’s] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
3Neither as being lords over [God’s] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
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, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
5:3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
5:3Neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart.
5:3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock.
5:3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.
5:3Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
5:3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
5:3neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,
5:3Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.