1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God, which is with you; exercising the overseer's office, not by constraint, but willingly; neither for the sake of sordid gain, but from good disposition;
1 Peter 2:25
For you were as sheep going astray, but are now returned to the Shepherd, and Overseer of your souls.
1 Peter 4:15
By them, indeed, he is evil spoken of, but by you he is glorified. Wherefore, let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a malefactor, or as a meddling person.
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This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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The office
1 Peter 2:25
For you were as sheep going astray, but are now returned to the Shepherd, and Overseer of your souls.