1 Peter 5:2
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2 (A)Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, (B)not by compulsion but [a]willingly, (C)not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
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- 1 Peter 5:2 NU adds according to God
John 10:11-13
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11 (A)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a [a]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (B)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
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- John 10:12 hired man
Matthew 10:8
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8 Heal the sick, [a]cleanse the lepers, [b]raise the dead, cast out demons. (A)Freely you have received, freely give.
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- Matthew 10:8 NU raise the dead, cleanse the lepers
- Matthew 10:8 M omits raise the dead
2 Corinthians 2:17
New King James Version
17 For we are not, as [a]so many, (A)peddling[b] the word of God; but as (B)of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
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- 2 Corinthians 2:17 M the rest
- 2 Corinthians 2:17 adulterating for gain
2 Peter 2:15-18
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15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of (A)Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man’s voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
17 (B)These are wells without water, [a]clouds carried by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness [b]forever.
Deceptions of False Teachers
18 For when they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who [c]have actually escaped from those who live in error.
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- 2 Peter 2:17 NU and mists
- 2 Peter 2:17 NU omits forever
- 2 Peter 2:18 NU are barely escaping
Jude 11
New King James Version
11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (A)of Cain, (B)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (C)in the rebellion of Korah.
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