3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
1 I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
3 neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
4 When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.
5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for |God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.|
5:3Neither as being lords over [God’s] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
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 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.