1 Peter 5:3 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 5:3

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock.

KJV

Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Neither as being lords - Margin, “overruling.” The word here used (κατακυριεύω katakurieuō) is rendered “exercise dominion over,” in Mat 20:25; exercise lordship over, in Mar 10:42; and overcame, in Act 19:16. It does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament. It refers properly to that kind of jurisdiction which civil rulers or magistrates exercise. This is an exercise of authority, as contradistinguished from the influence of reason, persuasion, and example. The latter pertains to the ministers of religion; the former is forbidden to them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Neither as lording over the heritage - Behaving in a haughty, domineering manner, as though you had dominion over their conscience. The word translated heritage, is, literally, the portions. There is one flock under the one chief Shepherd; but many portions of this, under many pastors.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μηδ᾽	mēd᾽	not	G3366 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
κατακυριεύοντες	katakurieuontes	exercising lordship over	G2634 →
τῶν	tōn	<the>	G3588 →
κλήρων	klērōn	those in your charge	G2819 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τύποι	tupoi	examples	G5179 →
γινόμενοι	ginomenoi	being	G1096 →
τοῦ	tou	to the	G3588 →
ποιμνίου·	poimniou	flock;	G4168 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7
  For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Philippians 3:17
Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
leads to
- Philippians 4:9
  Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:16
  Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
- 1 Timothy 4:12
  Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
- Hebrews 13:7
  Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
Through
Ezekiel 34:4
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
leads to
- Matthew 18:12–13
  What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one…
- Ezekiel 34:16
  I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Matthew 9:36
  When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

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