1 Peter 5:2

Give a shepherd’s care to ¹  God’s flock among you, exercising oversight ²  not merely as a duty ³  but willingly under God’s direction, ⁴  not for shameful profit but eagerly.

Ps 78:71,72; So 1:8; Isa 6:8; Isa 40:11; Isa 56:11; Isa 63:11; Jer 6:13; Jer 8:10; Jer 13:17,20; Eze 34:2,3,23; Eze 34:31; Mic 3:11; Mic 5:4; Mic 7:14; Zec 11:17; Mal 1:10; Lu 12:32; Joh 21:15-17; Ac 20:26,27; Ac 20:28; Ac 20:33,34; Ac 21:13; Ro 1:15; 1Co 9:7; 1Co 9:16,17; 2Co 12:14,15; 1Ti 3:3,8; Tit 1:7,11; Tit 2:14; Tit 3:1; Heb 12:15; 2Pe 2:3; Re 18:12,13

¹ tn Grk “shepherd,” “tend,” “pastor.”

² tc A few important mss (א* B sa) lack ἐπισκοποῦντες (episkopounte", “exercising oversight”), but the participle enjoys otherwise good ms support (Ì⁷² א² A P Ψ 33 1739 Ï lat). A decision is difficult because normally the shorter reading is preferred, especially when found in excellent witnesses. However, in this instance the omission may be due to a hesitation among some scribes to associate oversight with elders, since the later church viewed overseer/bishop as a separate office from elder.

³ tn Or “not under compulsion/coercion.”

⁴ tn Grk “according to God.”