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1 Peter 5:3

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Don't be arrogant, lording it over those who have been put in your care, but be an example to the flock.

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Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen as specially belonging to him.

Remember the people you made your own long ago, the tribe you redeemed and made your own. Remember too Mount Zion, the place where you live.

You haven't taken care of the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought home the strays, or looked for the lost. On the contrary, you ruled them using violence and cruelty.

Protect your people with your shepherd's rod. Take care of your flock, your special people, who live alone in the wilderness and in cultivated land. Let them feed in Basham and Gilead as they did long ago.

But only you and your sons are responsible for your priesthood, doing all that concerns the altar and is behind the veil. Only you are to perform that service. I am giving you the gift of your priesthood, but anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must be executed.”

I have set you an example, so you should do just as I did.

Take care of yourselves and of all the flock, which the Holy Spirit has given to you to supervise. Feed the Lord's church which he bought with his own blood.

Even so, from the Lord's perspective, the woman is as essential as the man, and the man as essential as the woman.

Who is Apollos, anyway? And who is Paul? We're just servants through whom you believed. Each of us does the work God gave us to do.

We are workers together with God—and you are God's field, his building.

This isn't because we want to dictate how you relate to God, but because we want to help you have a joyful experience—for it's by trusting God that you stand firm.

We are not promoting ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord. In fact we are your servants for Jesus' sake.

But the Lord's people are his, Israel is his chosen one.

My friends, copy my example as others do and take note of the way to behave since you have us as a model.

Put into practice what you learned and received from me, what you saw me doing and heard me say. Then the God of peace will be with you.

So you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Greece!

Not that we don't have the right to do so—but we wanted to be an example to you, so that you could copy what we did.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young. Be an example to those who trust in God—in the way you speak, the kind of life you live, in love, in trust, and in purity.

You should set an example of doing good in all areas of life: show integrity and seriousness in what you teach,

In complete contrast, you are a specially-chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God. Consequently you can reveal the wonderful things he's done, calling you out of darkness into his marvelous light.




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