<p>2:25 - see on Lk. 15:4-6; Acts 2:39; 3:19.</p><p><i>For you were going astray like sheep- </i>Peter is clearly concerned that they were going astray, but he now writes as if they had stabilized and returned. He spoke of his hopes for them as if they had happened. Or perhaps the reference is to how their lives in Judaism had in fact been no better than sheep going astray.</p><p><i>But are now returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls</i><i>- </i>The same word for &quot;converted&quot;. Peter reminds his sheep of how they are now &ldquo;returned&rdquo; (s.w. &lsquo;converted&rsquo;) to the Lord Jesus, just as he had been. His experience of the Lord&rsquo;s gracious spirit inspired him. Time and again in his letters he alludes to his own weaknesses in order to inspire his flock.</p>