1 Peter 5:2

English Majority Text Version

shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but rather willingly, not in fondness for dishonest gain, but rather eagerly;

Cross References

Luke 12:32

Do not fear, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give to you the kingdom.

Acts 20:29

For I know this, that savage wolves will come in after my departure, not sparing the flock.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, in behalf of the name of the Lord Jesus."

Romans 1:15

So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

1 Corinthians 9:7

Who ever serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink from the milk of the flock?

1 Timothy 3:3

not given to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not loving money;

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy for money,

Titus 1:11

whom it is necessary to shut their mouths, who overturn whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop must be unimpeachable, as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself a people as His own possession, zealous for good works.

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

Philemon 1:14

But I wished to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good might not be by necessity, but by being voluntary.

Hebrews 12:15

looking diligently lest anyone fall from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness growing up cause trouble, and through this many be defiled;

2 Peter 2:3

And by covetousness they will exploit you with fabricated words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction will not sleep.