not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Peter 5:3 in context
1 Peter 5:1–6
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Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed:
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shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
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not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
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When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
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Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
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Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,
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