1 Peter 2:25

“For you were like sheep going astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”
1 Peter 2:25 · direct translation from the Greek

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Peter says he bore our sins on the tree and by his wound we were healedThe Cross

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Forγὰρyou wereἦτεlikeὡςsheepπρόβαταgoing astray,πλανώμενοιbutἀλλὰyou have nowνῦνreturnedἐπεστράφητεtoἐπὶthe Shepherdτὸν ποιμέναandκαὶOverseerἐπίσκοπονof your souls.τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν

Allusion · Isaiah 53:6

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Both texts compare people to sheep that go astray: “like sheep going astray”; in Isaiah, “like sheep, we have gone astray.”

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

πρόβαταprobataG4263צֹּאןtsonH6629“sheep”
πλανώμενοιplanōmenoiG4105תָּעִינוּtainuH8582“deceive, lead astray”

1 Peter 2:25, word by word

you wereἦτεēte

To be: says who or what something is.

Where else “ēte” appears

sheepπρόβαταprobata

flock

The people a shepherd cares for, God's people.

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going astrayπλανώμενοιplanōmenoi

go astray

To lose one's way, or be wrong.

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returnedἐπεστράφητεepestraphēte

turn to God

To come back to God, or bring others back to him.

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the Shepherdποιμέναpoimena

shepherd of souls

Jesus, the good shepherd, or those who lead believers.

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Overseerἐπίσκοπονepiskopon

overseer

Overseer: one who watches over and cares for others, a leader in charge of the assembly.

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of your soulsψυχῶνpsychōn

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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Translation note

Recalls Isaiah 53:6.

The context

24who himself bore our sins in his body on the wooden beam, so that having died to sins we might live to righteousness; by whose wound you were healed.

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