1 Peter 5:2 Cross References - ACV

² Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

⁷¹ He brought him from following the ewes that have their young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. ⁷² So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

⁸ If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

⁸ And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Lo, send me.

¹¹ He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those who have their young.

¹¹ Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

¹¹ Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he who put his holy Spirit in the midst of them,

¹³ For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness. And from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

¹⁰ Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

¹⁷ But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride. And my eye shall weep greatly, and run down with tears, because LORD's flock is taken captive.

²⁰ Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

² Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord LORD: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the sheep? ³ Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe yourselves with the wool. Ye kill the fatlings, but ye do not feed the sheep.

²³ And 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.

³¹ And ye my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the lord LORD.

¹¹ The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.

⁴ And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of LORD, in the majesty of the name of LORD his God, and they shall abide. For now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.

¹⁴ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily in the forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

¹⁷ Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm shall be entirely dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

¹⁰ Oh that there was among you who would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering at your hand.

³² Fear not, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

¹⁵ So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷ He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do thou love me? And he said to him, Lord, thou know all things. Thou know that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

²⁶ Therefore I solemnly declare to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I did not withdraw from declaring to you the whole plan of God. ²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.

³³ I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴ Ye yourselves know that these hands served my needs, and to those who were with me.

¹³ And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

¹⁵ So the willingness is in me to preach the good news also to you in Rome.

⁷ Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?

¹⁶ For if I preach the good news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good news. ¹⁷ For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward, but if involuntarily, I have been entrusted with a commission.

¹⁴ Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵ And I most gladly will spend, and will be spent for your souls. Even though more earnestly loving you, the worse I am loved.

³ no drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain, but gentle, noncontentious, no lover of money,

⁸ Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

⁷ For the overseer must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-willed, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not a fighter, not greedy of base gain,

¹¹ who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a special people, a zealot of good works.

¹ Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work,

¹⁴ But I wanted to do nothing without thy mind, so that thy goodness might not be as from obligation, but from volition.

¹⁵ Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

³ And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

¹² merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, ¹³ and cinnamon, and incense, and ointment, and frankincense, and wine, and olive oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and sheep, and cattle, and horses, and chariots, and bodies and souls of men.