1 Peter 2:25

Translations

Modern

For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Traditional

For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Literal

For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Latin

Eratis enim sicut oves errantes, sed conversi estis nunc ad pastorem, et episcopum animarum vestrarum.

Original

Greek

English

For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Notes

1 Peter 2:21–25

There is no clear change in who Peter is addressing in this passage. However, the general tone of these verses shows that they apply to all Christians.
These verses might include an early Christian hymn or confession about Christ (2:22–25). They focus on the sufferings of Christ for human salvation or redemption, using language mainly from Isaiah 52:13–53:12.

1 Peter 2:13–3:7

This section focuses on the key instruction to submit to all human authority. Peter applies this instruction to several relationships:

Christians should accept the authority of those in government (2:13–17).
Christian slaves should accept the authority of their masters (2:18–25).
Christian wives should accept the authority of their husbands (3:1–6).

Peter appears to follow an early Christian use of the traditional household code. This code gave a series of instructions for different members of a household. Similar examples appear in Ephesians 5:21–6:9, Colossians 3:18–4:1, 1 Timothy 5:1–6:2, and Titus 2:1–10.

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders The Household The Shepherd

Related verses

Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Ezekiel 34:6
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
Luke 15:4–6
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
John 10:11–16
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Psalm 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Ezekiel 34:11–16
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
Matthew 9:36
When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:23–24
I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
Psalm 23:1–3
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Matthew 18:12
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

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