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1 Peter 5:3–4

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Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
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From verse 3

  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:9Rank 1 from verse 3
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    9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

  2. Ezekiel 34:4Rank 2 from verse 3
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    4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

  3. Philippians 3:17Rank 3 from verse 3
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    17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

  4. 2 Corinthians 1:24Rank 4 from verse 3
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    24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

  5. Matthew 20:25–26Rank 5 from verse 3
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    25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.

    26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

  6. 1 Timothy 4:12Rank 6 from verse 3
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    12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

  7. Titus 2:7Rank 7 from verse 3
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    7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

  8. Acts 20:28Rank 8 from verse 3
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    28¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

  9. Luke 22:24–27Rank 9 from verse 3
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    24¶ And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

    25And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

    26But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

    27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

  10. Mark 10:42–45Rank 10 from verse 3
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    42But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

    43But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

    44And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

    45For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  11. Matthew 23:8–10Rank 11 from verse 3
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    8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

    9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

    10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

  12. 2 Corinthians 4:5Rank 12 from verse 3
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    5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.

  13. 3 John 1:9–10Rank 13 from verse 3
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    9I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

    10Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

  14. Micah 7:14Rank 14 from verse 3
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    14¶ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  15. 1 Corinthians 11:11Rank 15 from verse 3
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    11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

  16. 1 Peter 2:9Rank 16 from verse 3
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    9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  17. 1 Thessalonians 1:5–6Rank 17 from verse 3
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    5For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.

    6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

  18. Philippians 4:9Rank 18 from verse 3
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    9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

  19. Psalms 33:12Rank 19 from verse 3
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    12Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

  20. Psalms 74:2Rank 20 from verse 3
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    2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.

  21. Deuteronomy 32:9Rank 21 from verse 3
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    9For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

  22. 1 Corinthians 3:5Rank 22 from verse 3
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    5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

  23. 1 Corinthians 3:9Rank 23 from verse 3
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    9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

From verse 4

  1. James 1:12Rank 1 from verse 4
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    12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

  2. 1 Corinthians 9:25Rank 2 from verse 4
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    25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

  3. Isaiah 40:11Rank 3 from verse 4
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    11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

  4. 2 Timothy 4:8Rank 4 from verse 4
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    8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

  5. 1 John 3:2Rank 5 from verse 4
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    2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  6. Psalms 23:1Rank 6 from verse 4
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    1THE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

  7. Revelation 2:10Rank 7 from verse 4
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    10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

  8. Revelation 3:11Rank 8 from verse 4
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    11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

  9. 1 Peter 1:4Rank 9 from verse 4
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    4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

  10. 1 Peter 2:25Rank 10 from verse 4
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    25For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

  11. 1 Peter 5:2Rank 11 from verse 4
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    2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

  12. Colossians 3:3–4Rank 12 from verse 4
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    3For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

    4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

  13. Daniel 12:3Rank 13 from verse 4
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    3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

  14. Ezekiel 37:24Rank 14 from verse 4
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    24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

  15. Hebrews 13:20Rank 15 from verse 4
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    20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

  16. John 10:11Rank 16 from verse 4
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    11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

  17. Matthew 25:31–46Rank 17 from verse 4
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    31¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

    32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

    33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

    34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

    35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

    36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

    37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

    38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

    39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

    40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

    41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

    42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

    43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

    44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

    45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

    46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  18. Revelation 20:11–12Rank 18 from verse 4
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    11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

    12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  19. Zechariah 13:7Rank 19 from verse 4
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    7¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

  20. 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10Rank 20 from verse 4
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    7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

    8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

    9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

    10When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

  21. Ezekiel 34:23Rank 21 from verse 4
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    23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

  22. Revelation 1:7Rank 22 from verse 4
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    7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

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1 Peter 5:3

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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lords

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Sense 1: Lords: masters, rulers, nobles, or owners. Sense 2: As a verb, rules or exercises dominion. In 'Lord of lords,' the lords are rulers over whom the Lord is supreme.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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1 Peter 5:4

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

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shepherd

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Sense 1: One who tends and cares for sheep. Sense 2: Figuratively, one who leads or cares for people.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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appear

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1. To come or become visible or manifest. 2. To come or present oneself before someone. 3. To seem or have an outward appearance.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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crown

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Sense 1: A royal head ornament; by extension, kingship, honour, reward, or the top of the head. Sense 2: To invest, adorn, or honour with a crown, dignity, or reward.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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5:1THE elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

5:3Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

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5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

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5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

5:9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

5:10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

5:11To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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