1 Peter 5:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Don’t be like a ruler over those you are responsible for. But be good examples to them.

Cross References

2 Thessalonians 3:9

We had the right to ask you to help us. But we worked to take care of ourselves so that we would be an example for you to follow.

Philippians 3:17

Brothers and sisters, join together in following my example. Also, learn by watching those who are living the way we showed you.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not made the weak strong. You have not cared for the sick sheep. You have not put bandages on the sheep that were hurt. Some of the sheep wandered away, and you did not go get them and bring them back. You did not go to look for the lost sheep. No, you were cruel and severe—that’s the way you tried to lead the sheep!

2 Corinthians 1:24

I don’t mean that we are trying to control your faith. You are strong in faith. But we are workers with you for your own happiness.

Titus 2:7

You should be an example for them in every way by the good things you do. When you teach, be honest and serious.

1 Timothy 4:12

You are young, but don’t let anyone treat you as if you are not important. Be an example to show the believers how they should live. Show them by what you say, by the way you live, by your love, by your faith, and by your pure life.

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.

Philippians 4:9

And do what you learned and received from me—what I told you and what you saw me do. And the God who gives peace will be with you.

2 Corinthians 4:5

We don’t tell people about ourselves. But we tell people that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we tell them that we are your servants for Jesus.

1 Corinthians 11:11

But in the Lord the woman needs the man, and the man needs the woman.

Micah 7:14

So rule your people with your rod. Rule the flock of people who belong to you. That flock lives alone in the woods and up on Mount Carmel. That flock lives in Bashan and Gilead as they did in the past.

Psalm 74:2

Remember the people you bought so long ago. You saved us, and we belong to you. And remember Mount Zion, the place where you lived.

Psalm 33:12

Great blessings belong to those who have the Lord as their God! He chose them to be his own special people.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

Deuteronomy 32:9

The Lord chose his people to be his own. The people of Jacob belong to him.

1 Corinthians 3:9

We are workers together for God, and you are like a farm that belongs to God. And you are a house that belongs to God.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Is Apollos so important? Is Paul so important? We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.

Numbers 18:7

But, Aaron, only you and your sons may serve as priests. You are the only ones who can go near the altar or behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place. I am giving you a gift—your service as a priest. Anyone else who tries to come too close must be killed.”

John 13:15

I did this as an example for you. So you should serve each other just as I served you.

1 Thessalonians 1:7

You became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.