hSee 1 Cor. 12:28
Jeremiah 23:4
4 aI will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the Lord.John 21:15
Jesus and Peter
15When they had bfinished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, c“Simon, dson of John, edo you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed fmy lambs.”Ephesians 4:11
11And ghe gave the hapostles, the prophets, the ievangelists, the jshepherds ▼▼Or pastors
and teachers, ▼▼Or the shepherd-teachers
1 Peter 5:2
2 mshepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
onot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
qnot for shameful gain, but eagerly;
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