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1 Peter 5:1-3
New King James Version
1 Peter 5:1-3
New King James Version
Shepherd the Flock
5 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a (A)witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the (B)glory that will be revealed: 2 (C)Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, (D)not by compulsion but [a]willingly, (E)not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as (F)being [b]lords over (G)those entrusted to you, but (H)being examples to the flock;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 NU adds according to God
- 1 Peter 5:3 masters
New King James Version (NKJV)
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