shepherd (A)the flock of God among you, exercising oversight, (B)not under compulsion but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and (C)not [a]with greed but with eagerness; nor yet as (D)domineering over [b]those assigned to your care, but by [c]proving to be [d](E)examples to the flock.

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  1. 1 Peter 5:2 Or for dishonest gain
  2. 1 Peter 5:3 Lit the allotments
  3. 1 Peter 5:3 Or becoming examples
  4. 1 Peter 5:3 Or role models

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

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11 (A)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd (B)lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a (C)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

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17 For we are not like the many, [a](A)peddling the word of God, but (B)as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ (C)in the sight of God.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 2:17 Or diluting

18 What, then, is my (A)reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel (B)without charge, so as (C)not to make full use of my right in the gospel.

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