1 Peter 5:3

New Living Translation

Don’t lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example.

Cross References

Psalm 33:12

What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord, whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.

Psalm 74:2

Remember that we are the people you chose long ago, the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession! And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the injured. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with harshness and cruelty.

Micah 7:14

O Lord, protect your people with your shepherd’s staff; lead your flock, your special possession. Though they live alone in a thicket on the heights of Mount Carmel, let them graze in the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead as they did long ago.

Numbers 18:7

But you and your sons, the priests, must personally handle all the priestly rituals associated with the altar and with everything behind the inner curtain. I am giving you the priesthood as your special privilege of service. Any unauthorized person who comes too near the sanctuary will be put to death.”

John 13:15

I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.

Acts 20:28

“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.

1 Corinthians 11:11

But among the Lord’s people, women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women.

1 Corinthians 3:5

After all, who is Apollos? Who is Paul? We are only God’s servants through whom you believed the Good News. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.

2 Corinthians 1:24

But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.

2 Corinthians 4:5

You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.

Deuteronomy 32:9

“For the people of Israel belong to the Lord; Jacob is his special possession.

Philippians 3:17

Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.

Philippians 4:9

Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

1 Thessalonians 1:7

As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Greece—throughout both Macedonia and Achaia.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

1 Timothy 4:12

Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Titus 2:7

And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.