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shepherd the flock of God that is in your care, exercising oversight not out of constraint, but willingly, as God wants; and not out of a desire for dishonest gain, but with enthusiasm;

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Be shepherds of God’s flock(A) that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;(B) not pursuing dishonest gain,(C) but eager to serve;

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[a][b]Feed the [c]flock of God, [d]which dependeth upon you, [e]caring for it not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 5:2 The first rule: He that is a shepherd, let him feed the flock.
  2. 1 Peter 5:2 He saith not, Offer for the quick and dead, and sing patched shreds in a strange tongue, but (Feed.)
  3. 1 Peter 5:2 The second: Let the shepherd consider, that the flock is not his, but God’s.
  4. 1 Peter 5:2 The third: Let not the shepherds invade other men’s flocks, but let them feed that which God hath committed unto them.
  5. 1 Peter 5:2 Let the shepherds govern the Church with the word and example of godly and unblamable life, not by constraint but willingly, not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, not as Lords over God’s portion and heritage, but as his ministers.