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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;

Feed {G4165} the flock {G4168} of God {G2316} which is among {G1722} you {G5213}, taking the oversight {G1983} thereof, not {G3361} by constraint {G317}, but {G235} willingly {G1596}; not {G3366} for filthy lucre {G147}, but {G235} of a ready mind {G4290};

shepherd the flock of God that is in your care, exercising oversight not out of constraint, but willingly, as God wants; and not out of a desire for dishonest gain, but with enthusiasm;

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

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Cross-References

  • Titus 1:7 (12 votes)

    For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

  • 1 Timothy 3:8 (10 votes)

    ¶ Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

  • Acts 20:26 (9 votes)

    Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] pure from the blood of all [men].

  • Acts 20:28 (9 votes)

    Take 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.

  • Titus 3:1 (9 votes)

    ¶ Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

  • 1 Timothy 3:3 (7 votes)

    Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

  • 1 Corinthians 9:7 (5 votes)

    Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?