For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Treasury of Scripture ye. Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments. Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus said the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; You have scattered my flock, and driven them away... Ezekiel 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered on all the face of the earth... Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad... Matthew 18:12 How think you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine... Luke 15:4-6 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness... the Shepherd. 1 Peter 5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away. Psalm 23:1-3 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want... Psalm 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubim, shine forth. Songs 1:7,8 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon... 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... Ezekiel 34:11-16,23,24 For thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out... 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... Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, said the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd... John 10:11-16 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep... Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep... Bishop. Hebrews 3:1 Why, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers... *Gr:
Context Christ's Example of Suffering
21For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps: 22Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously: 24Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed. 25For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For you were as sheep going astray; but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
Darby Bible Translation
For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
King James Bible
For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Young's Literal Translation
for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
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