NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
1 Peter 5:2
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
Ye presbyters, "feed the flock which is among you,"[33]
Five Books in Reply to Marcion
As teachers (Christ alone doth all things teach[197]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
Ye presbyters, "feed the flock which is among you,"[33]
Five Books in Reply to Marcion
As teachers (Christ alone doth all things teach[197]
1 PETER 5:2 @evpiskopou/ntej# mh. avnagkastw/j avlla. e`kousi,wj kata. qeo,n {C} It is difficult to decide whether one should follow the authority of such important witnesses as a* B _al_ and regard...
Verse 1 Peter 5:2. _FEED THE FLOCK_] Do not _fleece_ the flock. _TAKING THE OVERSIGHT_] επισκοπουντες. Discharging the office of _bishops_ or _superintendents_. This is another proof that _bishop_ an...
FEED THE FLOCK OF GOD - Discharge the duties of a shepherd toward the flock. On the word “feed,” see the notes at John 21:15. It is a word which Peter would be likely to remember, from the solemn mann...
V. EXHORTATIONS CONCERNING SERVICE AND CONFLICT CHAPTER 5 _ 1. As to Christian service (1 Peter 5:1)_ 2. Conflict and victory (1 Peter 5:8) 3. The conclusion (1 Peter 5:12)...
The writer, himself a presbyter, gives wise and loving counsel to his fellow-presbyters and to their flocks. Sincerity, humility, and love are to mark all their intercourse, and continual subjection t...
So, then, as your fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as a sharer in the glory which is going to be revealed, I urge the elders who are among you, shepherd the flock of God which i...
THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Peter 5:1-4)...
FEED. Greek. _poimaino._ Compare John 21:16; Acts 20:28. FLOCK. Greek. _poimnion._ See Acts 20:28. GOD. App-98. TAKING, &C. Greek. _episkopeo._ Only here and...
_feed the flock of God_ The word for "feed," here as elsewhere, implies the whole work of the shepherd guiding, directing, protecting, as well as supplying food (comp. Luke 17:7; John 21:16; Acts 20:2...
ΠΟΙΜΆΝΑΤΕ denotes the duty of feeding, protecting and ruling. St Peter is apparently handing on to the Elders the same charge which our Lord gave to him, John 21:16; cf. Acts 20:28. In Ephesians 4:11...
1 Peter 5:1 to 1 Peter 5:1 Let me then address a special word of exhortation to those of you who are “elders” in the Church. I do not wish to dictate to you as an Apostle, but to plead with you as on...
ΠΟΙΜΆΝΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΟΙΜΑΊΝΩ (G4165) пасти. _Aor._ может быть inch, ("брать на себя задачу наставничества" [Веаге]), или может призывать к специфическому действию с оттенком срочности (VAN...
FEED THE FLOCK OF GOD, &C.— Every bishop and pastor was to feed his own flock; that is, the particular church of which he had the care; there he was to lead the Christian people by his example, doctri...
VI. EXHORTATIONS TO ELDERS 1 PETER 5:1-4 1 Peter 5:1 The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that...
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, [ Poimanate (G4165)] - 'Tend as a shepherd...
VERSE 2. FEED THE FLOCK OF GOD. I, a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, am apostle chosen by him, exhort you to feed the flock. In doing this you are exercising the bishop's offic...
19 Who are these imprisoned spirits ? Are they not the same that Peter mentions in his second epistle (1Pe_2:4) who were thrust down to the gloomy caverns of Tartarus, and the messengers of Jude's epi...
5:2 shepherd (g-1) The aorist and characteristic. the whole conduct in this character being looked at together as constituting it. They are to act in this character, or have it by acting. It is not si...
ENCOURAGEMENTS TO SHEPHERDS AND TO FLOCK. PROMISE OF GOD'S PROTECTION. FAREWELLS _B_. 1 Peter 5:1. 'To behave well in this trial you must preserve discipline. Let old and young, rulers and ruled, do...
FEED] RV 'tend': cp. John 21:16; (RV)....
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD 1 PETER _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 ELDERS AND YOUNG MEN v1 So, I want to encourage the elders among you. I also am an elder. I actually saw Christ when he suffered. When he...
In several places, the Bible says that God is a *shepherd. It says that God’s people are sheep. This describes how God cares for people. Psalms 23 describes this well. A *shepherd leads his sheep. The...
FEED THE FLOCK OF GOD WHICH IS AMONG YOU. — By the word “feed” here is meant, not merely the giving of pasture, but the whole government. It is the verb used in John 21:16, not that in the 15th and 17...
V. (1-11) FURTHER EXHORTATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE CRISIS. — The officers of the community are not to flinch from the duties imposed upon them, nor yet to perform them in any spirit of self-assertion. T...
CHAPTER 16 HOW TO TEND THE FLOCK 1 Peter 5:1 ST. PETER'S last lesson was full of consolation. He showed that it was from God's hand that judgments were sent upon His people to purify them and prepar...
The command laid upon St. Peter, _shepherd my sheep_ (John 21:19) became the charge delivered to succeeding elders (_v._ Acts 20:28) and a familiar description of the Christian pastor (_e.g._, 1 Corin...
SERVING ONE ANOTHER 1 Peter 5:1 According to these words Peter, though he stood at a distance, must have been an eyewitness of the Savior's death. He is careful to speak of the glory in the same brea...
Finally, the apostle proceeded to strengthen his brethren for conflict. The first matter dealt with was the general orderliness of the Church. He enjoined the elders that they care for the flock. Thei...
SHEPHERDS OVER THE FLOCK OF GOD In the New Testament church the name "elders," which literally means older, came to stand for the leaders of local congregations (Acts 11:29-30; Acts 14:23; Acts 15:2-3...
(3) (a) Feed the (4) flock of God which is (5) among you, (6) taking the oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; (3) The first rule: he that...
_Feed the flock. This shews he speaks of bishops and priests, and not of elders in years only._...
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: (2) Feed the flock of God which is am...
The epistles of Peter are addressed to the elect Jews of his day, believing of course on the Lord Jesus, and scattered throughout a considerable portion of Asia Minor. The apostle takes particular car...
_THE OVERSIGHT OF THE FLOCK_ ‘Feed [tend, R.V.] the flock of God which is among you, taking [exercising, R.V.] the oversight.’ 1 Peter 5:2 ‘Feed,’ writes the Apostle, ‘tend the flock of God which is...
2_Feed the flock of God _We hence learn what the word _presbyter _imports, even that it includes the office of feeding. It is for a far different end that the Pope makes presbyters, even that they may...
The apostle returns to christian details. He exhorts the elders, himself an elder; for it appears that among the Jews this title was rather characteristic than official. (Compare 1 Peter 5:5.) He exho...
FEED THE FLOCK OF GOD WHICH IS AMONG YOU,.... Some read, "as much as in you is"; that is, to the utmost of your power, according to your abilities, referring to the manner of feeding the flock, doing...
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; Ver. 2. _Feed the flock_] Being both learned and...
_Feed the flock of God_ Both by doctrine and discipline; _which is among you_ Namely, the churches of Christ, which you are called to preside over; _taking the oversight thereof_ Greek, επισκοπουντες,...
FEED THE FLOCK; as Christ told Peter, John 21:16 FILTHY LUCRE; dishonorable gain. OF A READY MIND; cheerfully, from love....
FINAL ADMONITIONS AND CONCLUDING GREETINGS. An exhortation to pastors:...
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;...
Consistently with Peter's subject of governmental order, he now address elders in v.1, and those younger in v.5. Proper balance in this relationship is always deeply important, for on either side fric...
WHICH IS AMONG YOU: Or, as much as in you is...
_ 1 Peter 5:2 ‘shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;'_ ‘SHEPHERD'...
1-4 The apostle Peter does not command, but exhorts. He does not claim power to rule over all pastors and churches. It was the peculiar honour of Peter and a few more, to be witnesses of Christ's suf...
FEED; teach and rule, MATTHEW 2:6 1 THESSALONIANS 21:15 ACTS 20:28. THE FLOCK OF GOD; the church. WHICH IS AMONG YOU; which is with you, or committed to your charge; intimating that the flock not be
1 Peter 5:2 Shepherd G4165 (G5657) flock G4168 God G2316 among G1722 you G5213 overseers G1983 (G5723) not...
‘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 base gain, but of a ready mind, neither as lording it o...
THE GRAND FINALE (1 PETER 5:1). As Peter comes to the close of his letter the thought of suffering followed by glory continues: · In 1 Peter 3:18 He had spoken of the sufferings of Christ which had...
1 Peter 5:2. TEND THE FLOCK OF GOD. The ‘feed' of the A. V. is too limited a rendering. In the memorable scene by the sea of Galilee (John 21:15-17), which is probably in Peter's mind here, Christ gav...
We come now upon a brief series of injunctions, dealing with the spirit in which the members of Christ's Church should occupy their respective positions, and bear themselves toward each other. These c...
TEND (ποιμανατε). First aorist active imperative of ποιμαινω, old verb, from ποιμην (shepherd) as in Luke 17:7. Jesus used this very word to Peter in the interview by the Sea of Galilee (John 21:16)...
1 Peter 5:1. _The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:_ Here again, as in the...
CONTENTS: Christian service in view of Christ's soon coming. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter, Satan, Silvanus, Marcus. CONCLUSION: Humility is a great preserver of peace and order in the church, givin...
1 Peter 5:1. _Who am also an elder._ See the note on Acts 20:28, and on Philippians 1:1. Let the bishops, says Jerome, know that they are greater than other presbyters, rather by custom than by virtue...
BE SHEPHERDS. In Palestine, the shepherd led the sheep out into the fields where they could find plenty to eat. The shepherd did not _drive_ the sheep, but he led and they followed. Shepherds watched...
_The elders which are among you I exhort._ ELDERS EXHORTED 1. In that he, an elder, exhorts them, elders, note that ministers are fittest to teach ministers and to judge of their actions. When we di...
1 PETER—NOTE ON 1 PETER 5:2 Elders (v. 1 Peter 5:1) must SHEPHERD THE FLOCK (compare John 21:
THE ATTITUDE OF HUMILITY _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THE exhortations are still designed to meet the crisis in which the Churches were placed. In keeping together, preserving the Christian spiri...
EXPOSITIONS 1 PETER 5:1 THE ELDERS WHICH ARE AMONG YOU I EXHORT. The Vatican and Alexandrine Manuscripts omit the article, and insert "therefore" (the Sinaitic gives both), reading, "Elders, therefo...
Now the elders [the overseers] which are among you I exhort, because I am also an elder [or an overseer, an older man], and I am a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and I'm also a partaker of the g...
1 Corinthians 9:16; 1 Corinthians 9:17; 1 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Timothy 3:3;...
Feed [π ο ι μ α ν α τ ε]. Better, Rev., tend, since the verb denotes all that is included in the office of a shepherd - guiding, guarding, folding, no less than feeding, which latter is expressed by b...
Feed the flock — Both by doctrine and discipline. Not by constraint — Unwillingly, as a burden. Not for filthy gain — Which, if it be the motive of acting, is filthy beyond expression. O consider this...
Observe here, 1. The title given to the church, it is the FLOCK of God; denominations are given in scripture to persons and things, proper to the state of things and persons: thus here the church is c...