1 Peter 5:3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

Cross References

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is Yahweh — the people He has chosen to be His own possession!

Psalm 74:2

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe for Your own possession. Remember Mount Zion where You dwell.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd Your people with Your staff, the flock that is Your possession. They live alone in a woodland surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in ancient times.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the veil, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but an unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.”

John 13:15

For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you.

Acts 20:28

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock that the Holy Spirit has appointed you to as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

1 Corinthians 11:11

In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, and man is not independent of woman.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.

2 Corinthians 1:24

I do not mean that we have control of your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because you stand by faith.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves because of Jesus.

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the Lord’s portion is His people, Jacob, His own inheritance.

Philippians 3:17

Join in imitating me, brothers, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.

Philippians 4:9

Do what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

1 Thessalonians 1:7

As a result, you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.

1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth; instead, you should be an example to the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

Titus 2:7

in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.