1 Peter 5:2-3 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

²Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

³not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

— 1 Peter 5:2-3

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