noryet as lording it overthoseallotted to your charge,but provingto be examplesto the flock.
not becausewe do not havethe right[to this], but in orderto offerourselvesas a modelfor you, sothat you would follow our example.
Brethren,joinin following my example,and observethosewho walkaccordingto the patternyou havein us.
"Those who are sicklyyou have not strengthened,the diseasedyou have not healed,the brokenyou have not boundup, the scatteredyou have not broughtback,norhave you soughtfor the lost;but with forceand with severityyou have dominatedthem.
Not that we lord it overyour faith,but are workerswith you for your joy;for in your faithyou are standing firm.
in all thingsshowyourselfto be an exampleof gooddeeds,[with] purityin doctrine,dignified,
Let no onelook downon your youthfulness,but [rather] in speech,conduct,love,faith[and] purity,showyourself an exampleof thosewho believe.
"Be on guardfor yourselvesand for allthe flock,amongwhichthe HolySpirithas madeyou overseers,to shepherdthe churchof GodwhichHe purchasedwith His ownblood.
The thingsyou have learnedand receivedand heardand seenin me, practicethese things,and the Godof peacewill be with you.
For we do not preachourselvesbut ChristJesusas Lord,and ourselvesas your bond-servantsfor Jesus'sake.
However,in the Lord,neitheris womanindependentof man,noris manindependentof woman.
ShepherdYour peoplewith Your scepter,The flockof Your possessionWhich dwellsby itselfin the woodland,In the midstof a fruitfulfield.Let them feedin Bashanand GileadAs in the daysof old.
RememberYour congregation,which You have purchasedof old,Which You have redeemedto be the tribeof Your inheritance;[And] thisMountZion,whereYou have dwelt.
Blessedis the nationwhoseGodis the LORD,The peoplewhom He has chosenfor His own inheritance.
But you are A CHOSENRACE,A royalPRIESTHOOD,A HOLYNATION,A PEOPLEFOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION,sothat you may proclaimthe excellenciesof Him who has calledyou out of darknessinto His marvelouslight;
"For the LORD'Sportionis His people;Jacobis the allotmentof His inheritance.
For we are God'sfellow workers;you are God'sfield,God'sbuilding.
Whatthenis Apollos?And whatis Paul?Servantsthroughwhomyou believed,evenas the Lordgave[opportunity] to each one.
"But you and your sonswith you shall attendto your priesthoodfor everythingconcerningthe altarand insidethe veil,and you are to performservice.I am givingyou the priesthoodas a bestowedservice,but the outsiderwho comesnearshall be putto death."
"For I gaveyou an examplethat you alsoshould doas I didto you.
sothat you becamean exampleto allthe believersin Macedoniaand in Achaia.
