1 Peter 2:25 KJV
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Thou and Ye
- ye, your more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Also servants to their masters, and all to be patient, according to the example of the suffering SaviourServants in those days generally were slaves, and had heathen masters, who often used them cruelly; yet the apostle directs them to be subject to the masters...
Thompson Chains
- Lost SheepLast of 7 links
- WanderersLink 8 of 9 · next 2 Peter 2:15
- Returning to GodSee the chain from 1 Kings 8:48 · 9 links
- Christ, ShepherdLink 4 of 6 · next 1 Peter 5:4
Cross References
- Ezekiel 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
- Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 40:11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Luke 15:4–6 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? …
- Psalms 23:1–3 <A Psalm of David.> The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. …
- Psalms 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
- Matthew 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
- John 10:11–16 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. …
- Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
- 1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
- Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 34:11–16 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. …
- Ezekiel 34:23–24 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. …
- Ezekiel 37:24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
- Psalms 80:1 <To the chief Musician upon Shoshannimeduth, A Psalm of Asaph.> Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
- Song of Solomon 1:7–8 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? …
- Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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Topics
- Bishop A title of Jesus
- Commandments Precepts of, explicitly stated or implied in didactic epistles
- Depravity of man General scriptures concerning Depravity of man
- Example Good
- Jesus, the Christ Overseer
- Prophecy Old testament messianic passages quoted in the new testament
- Repentance Exemplified
- Shepherd Of Christ
Greek and Strong’s
- For γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
- ye were Ἦτε Ēte Verb · imperfect active indicative, second person plural ἦν ēn
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- sheep πρόβατα probata πρόβατον Noun · nominative neuter plural
- going astray πλανώμενα planōmena πλανάω Verb · present passive participle, nominative neuter plural
- but ἀλλʼ all’ ἀλλά Conjunction
- are ἐπιστρέφω epistréphō
- now νῦν nyn νῦν Adverb
- returned ἐπεστράφητε epestraphēte ἐπιστρέφω Verb · aorist passive indicative, second person plural
- unto ἐπὶ epi ἐπί Preposition
- the Shepherd τὸν ton Article · accusative masculine singular Ποιμένα Poimena ποιμήν Noun · accusative masculine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- Bishop Ἐπίσκοπον Episkopon ἐπίσκοπος Noun · accusative masculine singular
- of your ὑμῶν hymōn Pronoun · second person, genitive plural ὑμῶν hymōn
- souls τῶν tōn Article · genitive feminine plural ψυχῶν psychōn ψυχή Noun · genitive feminine plural
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