1 Peter 5:3

Elders must lead by example rather than by domineering over those entrusted to them. It guards church leadership against the abuse of authority.

Cross-references · 23

• Ezek 34:4The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
• Phil 3:17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
• 2 Th 3:9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
• 2 Cor 1:24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
• Matt 20:25–26But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
• Titus 2:7In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
• 1 Tim 4:12Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• Matt 23:8–10But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
• Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
• Mark 10:42–45But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
• Luke 22:24–27And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
• 2 Cor 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• 3 Jn 1:9–10I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
• Mic 7:14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
• Ps 74:2Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
• 1 Th 1:5–6For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
• Phil 4:9Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
• Ps 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
• 1 Pet 2:9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 1 Cor 11:11Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
• Deut 32:9For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
• 1 Cor 3:5Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
• 1 Cor 3:9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

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