1 Peter 2:25 “For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to t…”

1 Peter 2:25

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For ye were as sheepe going astray: but are nowe returned vnto the shepheard and Bishop of your soules.

Darby Translation

For ye were going astray as sheep, but have now returned to the shepherd and overseer 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.

Bible in Basic English

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

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Cross references

“ye”

Isaiah 53:6 Ezekiel 34:6 Luke 15:4–6 Psalm 119:176 Matthew 9:36 Matthew 18:12

Isaiah 53:6 · BSB

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 · BSB

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 · BSB

“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?

Psalm 119:176 · BSB

I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Matthew 9:36 · BSB

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 18:12 · BSB

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?

“the Shepherd”

John 10:11–16 Isaiah 40:11 Ezekiel 34:11–16 Psalm 23:1–3 1 Peter 5:4 Hebrews 13:20

John 10:11–16 · BSB

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

Isaiah 40:11 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 34:11–16 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

Psalm 23:1–3 · BSB

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

1 Peter 5:4 · BSB

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.

Hebrews 13:20 · BSB

Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

“Bishop”

Acts 20:28 Hebrews 3:1

Acts 20:28 · BSB

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.

Hebrews 3:1 · BSB

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Read 1 Peter 2