THEOSIS1 Peter 2:25Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For you were as sheep going astray: but you are now converted to the shepherd and bishop of your souls.
ητε γαρ ως προβατα πλανωμενα αλλ επεστραφητε νυν επι τον ποιμενα και επισκοπον των ψυχων υμων
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Ezek 34:6My sheep have wandered in every mountain, and in every high hill: and my flocks were scattered upon the face of the earth, and there was none that sought them, there was none, I say, that sought them.
- Luke 15:4What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it?
- Luke 15:6And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?
- Acts 20:28Take heed to yourselves and to the whole flock, wherein the Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops, to rule the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
- John 10:16And other sheep I have that are not of this fold: them also I must bring. And they shall hear my voice: And there shall be one fold and one shepherd.
- Isa 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
The original text
Greek text, 16 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- ἮτεēteI amG1510 · εἰμί
- γὰρgarforG1063 · γάρ
- ὡςhōsasG5613 · ὡς
- πρόβαταprobataa sheepG4263 · πρόβατον
- πλανώμενοιplanōmenoiI lead astrayG4105 · πλανάω
- ἀλλὰallabutG235 · ἀλλά
- ἐπεστράφητεepestraphēteI turn back toG1994 · ἐπιστρέφω
- νῦνnynnowG3568 · νῦν
- ἐπὶepionG1909 · ἐπί
- τὸνtontheG3588 · ὁ
- Ποιμέναpoimenaa shepherdG4166 · ποιμήν
- καὶkaiandG2532 · καί
- ἘπίσκοπονepiskoponoverseerG1985 · ἐπίσκοπος
- τῶνtōntheG3588 · ὁ
- ψυχῶνpsychōnthe soulG5590 · ψυχή
- ὑμῶνhymōnyouG4771 · σύ