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1Pe 5:3 — Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

as		Eze 34:4; Mat 20:25,26; Mat 23:8-10; Mar 10:42-45; Luk 22:24-27; 1Cr 3:5,9; 2Cr 1:24; 2Cr 4:5; 3Jo 1:9,10
being lords over		or, over-ruling
heritage		1Pe 2:9; Deu 32:9; Psa 33:12; Psa 74:2; Mic 7:14; Act 20:28
but		1Cr 11:11; Phl 3:17; Phl 4:9; 1Th 1:5,6; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 4:12; Tts 2:7

Correlating Passages

	Eze 34:4	The 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.
	Mat 20:25	But 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.
	Mat 20:26	But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
	Mat 23:8	But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.
	Mat 23:9	And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
	Mat 23:10	Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ.
	Mar 10:42	But 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.
	Mar 10:43	But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
	Mar 10:44	And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
	Mar 10:45	For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
	Luk 22:24	And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
	Luk 22:25	And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
	Luk 22:26	But 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.
	Luk 22:27	For 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.
	1Cr 3:5	Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
	1Cr 3:9	For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are] God's building.
	2Cr 1:24	Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
	2Cr 4:5	For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
	3Jo 1:9	I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
	3Jo 1:10	Wherefore, 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.

heritage

	1Pe 2:9	But 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:
	Deu 32:9	For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.
	Psa 33:12	Blessed [is] the nation whose God [is] the LORD; [and] the people [whom] he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
	Psa 74:2	Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
	Mic 7:14	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.
	Act 20:28	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.

but

	1Cr 11:11	Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
	Phl 3:17	Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
	Phl 4:9	Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
	1Th 1:5	For 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.
	1Th 1:6	And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
	2Th 3:9	Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
	1Ti 4:12	Let 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.
	Tts 2:7	In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Peter 5:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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