1 Peter 5:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

The flock

Which is among you

Psalm 78:71

Acts 20:26

Not by

Isaiah 6:8

1 Corinthians 9:16

Not for

Of

General references

Genesis 31:40

Ezekiel 46:24

Acts 20:33

Bible References

The flock

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 shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within him;

But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride. And my eye shall weep sore and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock was captured.

And you My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Jehovah.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! The sword shall be on his arm and on his right eye; his arm shall be completely dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Who serves as a soldier at his own wages at any time? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock and does not partake of the milk of the flock?

Which is among you

from following the ewes great with young He brought him to feed Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.

Therefore I testify to you on this day that I am pure from the blood of all.

Not by

And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I; send me!

For though I preach the gospel, no glory is to me. For necessity is laid on me; yea, woe is to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Not for

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough; and they are shepherds who cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every one for his gain, to his own end.

For everyone from the least of them even to the greatest of them cuts off a profit; and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them, for everyone from the least even to the greatest cuts off a profit. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!

Who is even among you who will shut the doors, and you not kindle fire on My altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says Jehovah of Hosts. I will not be pleased with an offering from you.

I have coveted no man's silver or gold or apparel.

Behold, a third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not burden you, for I do not seek your things, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.

not a drunkard, not contentious, not greedy of ill gain, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous,

For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not full of passion, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for ill gain;

And through covetousness they will use you for gain with well-turned words; for whom judgment from of old does not linger, and their destruction does not sleep.

the cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of very precious wood, and of bronze, and of iron, and of marble,

Of

Then Paul answered, What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

So, as much as is in me lies, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are at Rome also.

who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

Put them in mind to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to every good work,

General references

I was there; in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night. And my sleep departed from my eyes.

And he said to me, These are the places of those who boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.

I have coveted no man's silver or gold or apparel.