1 Peter 5:2

Feed the flock of God which is among you,.... Some read, "as much as in you is"; that is, to the utmost of your power, according to your abilities, referring to the manner of feeding the flock, doing…

Feed the flock of God - Discharge the duties of a shepherd toward the flock. On the word “feed,” see the notes at Joh 21:15. It is a word which Peter would be likely to remember, from the solemn…

Feed the flock - Do not fleece the flock.

Taking the oversight - Επισκοπουντες· Discharging the office of bishops or superintendents. This is another proof that bishop and presbyter were the same…

Here we may observe,

I. The persons to whom this exhortation is given - to the presbyters, pastors, and spiritual guides of the church, elders by office, rather than by age, ministers of those…

feed the flock of God The word for "feed," here as elsewhere, implies the whole work of the shepherd guiding, directing, protecting, as well as supplying food (comp. Luk 17:7; Joh 21:16; Act 20:28;…