1 Peter 5:2
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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;”
θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
ποιμαίνω
do shepherd
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ποιμαίνω
to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser)
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ποίμνιον
flock
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ποίμνιον
a flock, i.e. (figuratively) group (of believers)
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μηδέ
and not
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μηδέ
but not, not even; in a continued negation, nor
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ἐπισκοπέω
exercising oversight
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ἐπισκοπέω
to oversee; by implication, to beware
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προθύμως
eagerly;
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προθύμως
with alacrity
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ἑκουσίως
willingly
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ἑκουσίως
voluntarily
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