1 Peter 5:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.

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  • Phil 3:17 : 17 Brethren, bee followers of mee, and looke on them, which walke so, as yee haue vs for an ensample.
  • 2 Thess 3:9 : 9 Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.
  • Titus 2:7 : 7 In all things shewe thy selfe an ensample of good woorkes with vncorrupt doctrine, with grauitie, integritie,
  • Ezek 34:4 : 4 The weake haue ye not strengthened: the sicke haue ye not healed, neither haue ye bounde vp the broken, nor brought againe that which was driuen away, neither haue yee sought that which was lost, but with crueltie, and with rigour haue yee ruled them.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no man despise thy youth, but be vnto them that beleeue, an ensample, in worde, in conuersation, in loue, in spirit, in faith, and in purenesse.
  • Matt 20:25-26 : 25 Therefore Iesus called them vnto him, and saide, We knowe that the lordes of the Gentiles haue domination ouer them, and they that are great, exercise authoritie ouer them. 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, let him be your seruant.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that wee haue dominion ouer your faith, but wee are helpers of your ioy: for by faith yee stande.
  • Mark 10:42-45 : 42 But Iesus called them vnto him, and sayd to them, Ye know that they which are princes among the Gentiles, haue domination ouer them, and they that be great among them, exercise authoritie ouer them. 43 But it shal not be so among you: but whosoeuer will be great among you, shall be your seruant. 44 And whosoeuer will be chiefe of you, shall be the seruant of all. 45 For euen the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the raunsome of many.
  • Luke 22:24-27 : 24 And there arose also a strife among them, which of them should seeme to be ye greatest. 25 But hee saide vnto them, The Kings of the Gentiles reigne ouer them, and they that beare rule ouer them, are called bountifull. 26 But yee shall not be so: but let the greatest among you be as the least: and the chiefest as he that serueth. 27 For who is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at table? And I am among you as he that serueth.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you Ouerseers, to feede the Church of God, which hee hath purchased with that his owne blood.
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who is Paul then? And who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome yee beleeued, and as the Lord gaue to euery man?
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 For we together are Gods labourers: yee are Gods husbandrie, and Gods building.
  • 1 Cor 11:11 : 11 Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.
  • Mic 7:14 : 14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flocke of thine heritage (which dwell solitarie in the wood) as in the middes of Carmel: let them feede in Bashan and Gilead, as in olde time.
  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance.
  • Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is that nation, whose God is the Lord: euen the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance.
  • Ps 74:2 : 2 Thinke vpon thy Congregation, which thou hast possessed of olde, and on the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed, and on this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lorde, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake.
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But be not ye called, Rabbi: for one is your doctour, to wit, Christ, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father vpon the earth: for there is but one, your father which is in heauen. 10 Be not called doctors: for one is your doctor, euen Christ.
  • Phil 4:9 : 9 Which yee haue both learned & receiued, and heard, and seene in mee: those things doe, and the God of peace shalbe with you.
  • 1 Thess 1:5-6 : 5 For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes. 6 And ye became followers of vs, and of the Lorde, and receiued the worde in much affliction, with ioy of the holy Ghost,
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthoode, an holy nation, a people set at libertie, that yee shoulde shewe foorth the vertues of him that hath called you out of darkenesse into his marueilous light,
  • 3 John 1:9-9 : 9 I wrote vnto the Church: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among them, receiueth vs not. 10 Wherefore if I come, I will call to your remembrance his deedes which he doeth, pratling against vs with malicious wordes, and not therewith content, neither he himselfe receiueth the brethren, but forbiddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the Church.

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    1The elders which are among you, I beseech which am also an elder, and a witnesse of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe reueiled,

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