<p>5:3 <i>Neither lord it over those entrusted to you- </i>This phrase 'Lord it' is surely chosen to remind them that the flock had Jesus as their only Lord. Pastors were to set an example which encouraged them to accept His Lordship- not theirs.</p><p><i>But make yourselves examples to the flock- </i>Making ourselves examples doesn't mean posing nor hypocrisy, but rather acting in such a way that consciously sets ourselves up as examples. This was particularly necessary in illiterate communities, where the only real access to the word was to see it made flesh in other Christians. The same word is used in Jn. 20:25 about the &ldquo;print&rdquo; of the nails- another perhaps unconscious allusion to Peter's experience of the Lord's sufferings. Elders are not to be domineering but to be examples, <i>typoi</i> (1 Pet. 5:3); but we are all <i>typoi</i> to each other (1 Thess. 1:7).</p>