1 Peter 5:2 meaning and explanation
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
1 Peter 5:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Peter, writing as a fellow elder to the elders of scattered churches, tells them to shepherd the flock among them. The Greek verb poimainō means to tend and feed sheep, the image Jesus used of himself.
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