1 Peter 5:3

New Century Version

Do not be like a ruler over people you are responsible for, but be good examples to them.

Cross References

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his very own.

Psalm 74:2

Remember the people you bought long ago. You saved us, and we are your very own. After all, you live on Mount Zion.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not made the weak strong. You have not healed the sick or put bandages on those that were hurt. You have not brought back those who strayed away or searched for the lost. But you have ruled the sheep with cruel force.

Micah 7:14

So shepherd your people with your stick; tend the flock of people who belong to you. That flock now lives alone in the forest in the middle of a garden land. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in days long ago.

Numbers 18:7

But only you and your sons may serve as priests. Only you may serve at the altar or go behind the curtain. I am giving you this gift of serving as a priest, and anyone else who comes near the Holy Place will be put to death.”

John 13:15

I did this as an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

Acts 20:28

Be careful for yourselves and for all the people the Holy Spirit has given to you to oversee. You must be like shepherds to the church of God, which he bought with the death of his own son.

1 Corinthians 11:11

But in the Lord women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women.

1 Corinthians 3:5

Is Apollos important? No! Is Paul important? No! We are only servants of God who helped you believe. Each one of us did the work God gave us to do.

1 Corinthians 3:9

We are God’s workers, working together; you are like God’s farm, God’s house.

2 Corinthians 1:24

We are not trying to control your faith. You are strong in faith. But we are workers with you for your own joy.

2 Corinthians 4:5

We do not preach about ourselves, but we preach that Jesus Christ is Lord and that we are your servants for Jesus.

Deuteronomy 32:9

The Lord took his people as his share, the people of Jacob as his very own.

Philippians 3:17

Brothers and sisters, all of you should try to follow my example and to copy those who live the way we showed you.

Philippians 4:9

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.

1 Thessalonians 1:7

So you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Southern Greece.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

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

1 Timothy 4:12

Do not let anyone treat you as if you are unimportant because you are young. Instead, be an example to the believers with your words, your actions, your love, your faith, and your pure life.

Titus 2:7

In every way be an example of doing good deeds. When you teach, do it with honesty and seriousness.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.