Heb 13:17, 24, 1Pe 5:1-4 | ESV | STEP | Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls , as those who will have to give an account . Let them do this with joy and not with groaning , for that would be of no advantage to you .

Hebrews 13:17

17 Obey ^ayour leaders and submit to them, ^bfor they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to ^cgive an account. ^dLet them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Hebrews 13:24

24 Greet all ^eyour leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.

1 Peter 5:1-4

Shepherd the Flock of God

1 So I exhort the elders among you, ^fas a fellow elder and ^ga witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 ^hshepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight} ^jnot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you} ^lnot for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not ^mdomineering over those in your charge, but ⁿbeing examples to the flock. 4 And when ^othe chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the ^punfading ^qcrown of glory.