1 Peter 5:2
to exhort you to feed the flock of God, which is among you: to take care of it, voluntarily, without reluctance, not from any view to sordid gain, but out of real affection;
John 10:3
the porter lets him in, and the sheep know his voice: he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out to pasture.
John 21:15-17
So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs.
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Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Diligent
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Diligent
John 21:15
So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon son of Jonas, do you love me more than these do? yes, Lord, said he, you know that I love you. Jesus reply'd, feed my lambs.
1 Peter 5:2
to exhort you to feed the flock of God, which is among you: to take care of it, voluntarily, without reluctance, not from any view to sordid gain, but out of real affection;
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1 Timothy 6:8
we ought to think that sufficient. but they who will be rich, expose