1 Peter 5:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² 1 To him be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Tend (nurture, guard, guide, and fold) the flock of God that is [your responsibility], not by coercion or constraint, but willingly; not dishonorably motivated by the advantages and profits [belonging to the office], but eagerly and cheerfully;

American Standard Version (1901)

² Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

Common English Bible

² Like shepherds, tend the flock of God among you. Watch over it. Don’t shepherd because you must, but do it voluntarily for God. Don’t shepherd greedily, but do it eagerly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² pasture the flock of God that is among you, providing for it, not as a requirement, but willingly, in accord with God, and not for the sake of tainted profit, but freely,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking care of it, not by constraint, but willingly, according to God: not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily:

1 Peter 5:2 Cross References

2 Kings 12:6

1 And they gave it out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters, and the masons that wrought in the house of the Lord,

Song of Solomon 1:8

6 Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.

Isaiah 40:11

9 Hath the workman cast a graven statue? or hath the goldsmith formed it with gold, or the silversmith with plates of silver?

Isaiah 56:11

Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.

Isaiah 6:8

And the Lord said to Isaias: Go forth to meet Achaz, thou and Jasub thy son that is left, to the conduit of the upper pool, a in the way of the fuller's held.

Isaiah 63:11

9 We are become as in the beginning, when thou didst not rule over us, and when we were not called by thy name.

Jeremiah 13:17

5 This is thy lot, and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in falsehood.

Jeremiah 13:20

The Word of the Lord that came to Jeremias concerning the words of the drought.

Jeremiah 6:13

1 Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I will bring destruction upon this people, by which fathers and sons together shall fall, neighbor and kinsman shall perish.

Jeremiah 8:10

8 My sorrow is above sorrow, my heart mourneth within me.

Ezekiel 34:23

1 And you my flocks, the flocks of my pasture are men: and I am the Lord your God, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 34:31

And I will fill his mountains with his men that are slain: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in thy torrents they shall fall that are slain with the sword.

Ezekiel 46:24

And he said to me: These waters that issue forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and go down to the plains of the desert, shall go into the sea, and shall go out, and the waters shall be healed.

Micah 3:11

And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that hath been afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in mount Sion, from this time now and for ever.

Micah 5:4

2 And I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee.

Micah 7:14

The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger, and hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is angry with his enemies.

Zechariah 11:17

In that day shall the Lord protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he that hath offended among them in that day shall be as David: and the house of David, as that of God, as an angel of the Lord in their sight.

Malachi 1:10

And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 18:7

2 All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn, whatsoever firstfruits they offer to the Lord, I have given them to thee.

Luke 12:32

0 Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.

Acts 20:29

7 And there was much weeping among them all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,

Acts 21:13

1 Now they have heard of thee that thou teachest those Jews, who are among the Gentiles, to depart from Moses: saying, that they ought not to circumcise their children, nor walk according to the custom.

Romans 1:15

3 And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of the image of a corruptible man, and of birds, and of fourfooted beasts, and of creeping things.

1 Corinthians 9:7

6 For if I preach the gospel, it is no glory to me, for a necessity lieth upon me: for woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel.

1 Timothy 3:3

2 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.

1 Timothy 3:8

Now the Spirit manifestly saith, that in the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to spirits of error, and doctrines of devils,

Titus 1:11

That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 1:7

6 They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.

Titus 2:14

It is a faithful saying: and these things I will have thee affirm constantly: that they, who believe in God, may be careful to excel in good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

Titus 3:1

0 A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid:

Philemon 1:14

3 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus;

Hebrews 12:15

4 And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

2 Peter 2:3

2 But these men, as irrational beasts, naturally tending to the snare and to destruction, blaspheming those things which they know not, shall perish in their corruption,