shepherd (A)the flock of God among you, exercising oversight, (B)not under compulsion but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and (C)not [a]with greed but with eagerness;

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  1. 1 Peter 5:2 Or for dishonest gain

11 (A)I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd (B)lays down His life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a (C)shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters the flock. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.

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Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

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17 For we are not like the many, [a](A)peddling the word of God, but (B)as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ (C)in the sight of God.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 2:17 Or diluting

15 abandoning (A)the right way, they have gone astray, having followed (B)the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved (C)the [a]reward of unrighteousness; 16 but he received a rebuke for his own offense, (D)for a mute donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the insanity of the prophet.

17 These are (E)springs without water and mists driven by a storm, (F)for whom the [b]black darkness has been reserved. 18 For, while speaking out (G)arrogant words of no (H)value they (I)entice by fleshly desires, by (J)indecent behavior, those who barely (K)escape from the ones who live in error,

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  1. 2 Peter 2:15 Or wages
  2. 2 Peter 2:17 Lit blackness of darkness

11 Woe to them! For they have gone (A)the way of Cain, and for pay [a]they have given themselves up to (B)the error of Balaam, and (C)perished in the rebellion of Korah.

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  1. Jude 1:11 Lit they have poured themselves out

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