1 Peter 5:3

Good News Translation

Do not try to rule over those who have been put in your care, but be examples to the flock.

Cross References

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; happy are the people he has chosen for his own!

Psalm 74:2

Remember your people, whom you chose for yourself long ago, whom you brought out of slavery to be your own tribe. Remember Mount Zion, where once you lived.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not taken care of the weak ones, healed the ones that are sick, bandaged the ones that are hurt, brought back the ones that wandered off, or looked for the ones that were lost. Instead, you treated them cruelly.

Micah 7:14

Be a shepherd to your people, Lord, the people you have chosen. Although they live apart in the wilderness, there is fertile land around them. Let them go and feed in the rich pastures of Bashan and Gilead, as they did long ago.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons alone shall fulfill all the responsibilities of the priesthood that concern the altar and what is in the Most Holy Place. These things are your responsibility, because I have given you the gift of the priesthood. Any unqualified person who comes near the sacred objects shall be put to death.”

John 13:15

I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you.

Acts 20:28

So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.

1 Corinthians 11:11

In our life in the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

1 Corinthians 3:5

After all, who is Apollos? And who is Paul? We are simply God's servants, by whom you were led to believe. Each one of us does the work which the Lord gave him to do:

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are partners working together for God, and you are God's field. You are also God's building.

2 Corinthians 1:24

We are not trying to dictate to you what you must believe; we know that you stand firm in the faith. Instead, we are working with you for your own happiness.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For it is not ourselves that we preach; we preach Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

Deuteronomy 32:9

but Jacob's descendants he chose for himself.

Philippians 3:17

Keep on imitating me, my friends. Pay attention to those who follow the right example that we have set for you.

Philippians 4:9

Put into practice what you learned and received from me, both from my words and from my actions. And the God who gives us peace will be with you.

1 Thessalonians 1:7

So you became an example to all believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

We did this, not because we do not have the right to demand our support; we did it to be an example for you to follow.

1 Timothy 4:12

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for the believers in your speech, your conduct, your love, faith, and purity.

Titus 2:7

In all things you yourself must be an example of good behavior. Be sincere and serious in your teaching.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.