1 Peter 5:2
Tend God's flock among you as shepherds do. Take care of it freely, the way God would have it, not because you are forced to; not to make money for yourselves, but gladly and readily.
Treated in 17 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 1 Peter 5:2–4
…you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.” 1 Peter 5:2–4 — “Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them — not because…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Introduction: The Weight and the Glory of the Pastoral Calling cites 1 Peter 5:2–4
…Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away” (1 Peter 5:2–4, NIV). That final promise — the unfading crown from the Chief Shepherd’s own hand — is…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Dietrich Bonhoeffer — The Pastor Who Counted the Cost cites 1 Peter 5:2
…over them — not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be” (1 Peter 5:2, NIV). He was willing. He was willing to the end. A Prayer Lord Jesus, who laid down Your…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Young Preacher and the Little Flock cites 1 Peter 5:2
…the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God” (1 Peter 5:2, ASV). Notice Peter's warning: “neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites 1 Peter 5:2
…never absolute ownership. Elders shepherd “the flock of God,” not their private flock (1 Peter 5:2, ASV). This gives Christian authority both dignity and limit. Leaders can teach, correct…
- The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch ·
Do Nothing Without the Bishop cites 1 PETER 5:2–3
…ready mind; neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 1 PETER 5:2–3 Reading him across the traditions How should Christians of different traditions read him?…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites 1 Pet 5: 2
…or infect souls. [1] That starve souls. ‘Feed the flock of God which is among you.’ 1 Pet 5: 2. These feed themselves and starve the flock; either through non-residing, they do not…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Delectable Mountains cites 1 PETER 5:2
…thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. 1 PETER 5:2 Out of Doubting Castle, bruised and shaken, Christian and Hopeful come to the Delectable…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
The Reformed Pastor cites 1 PETER 5:2
…God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly. 1 PETER 5:2 The weight of it Baxter’s motive was an accountability he could not get out of his mind.…
- Lectures to My Students ·
The Call to the Ministry cites 1 Pet. v. 2
…in the words, “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof.” 1 Pet. v. 2. Now, all in a church cannot oversee, or rule—there must be some to be overseen and…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 6 — Of the Primacy of the Romish See cites 1 Pet. 5:2
…received a command from the Lord, so he exhorts all other presbyters to feed the Church (1 Pet. 5:2). Hence we are entitled to infer, that, by that expression of Christ, nothing more was…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 10 — Of the Power of Making Laws cites 1 Pet. 5:2
…of their duty, exhorts them to feed the flock without lording it over the heritage (1 Pet. 5:2); meaning by heritage the body of believers. If we duly consider that it is unlawful to…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of C. T. Studd cites 1 Peter 5:2-3
…it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock” (1 Peter 5:2-3, ASV). 16. Disagreement Is Not Disloyalty He dismissed Alfred Buxton for trying to make…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
“I Am Not Worthy” cites 1 Peter 5:2-3
…it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock” (1 Peter 5:2-3, ASV). Two colonial bishops were meant to present Crowther to the Archbishop, but the…
- Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Peter 5:2-3
…consecration was both a triumph and a sign of limits. Scriptures to revisit 1 Samuel 2:8; 1 Peter 5:2-3. Reflection 1. Why did Crowther refuse at first? 2. What do the newspaper reactions…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Peter 5:1-4
…Scriptures to revisit Acts 9:4; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 4:4-16; Romans 15:7; 1 Peter 5:1-4; Acts 5:29. Reflection 1. What does it mean practically that you are a member “of one…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Peter 5:1-5
…hospital, and the painful parting with Stephen Neill. Scriptures to revisit Acts 4:32-35; 1 Peter 5:1-5. Reflection 1. How can a strong community hear those who disagree? 2. Is unity the same…