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Lording it over (katakurieuontes). Present active participle of katakurieuō, late compound (kata, kurios) as in Mat 20:25.
The charge allotted to you (tōn klērōn). “The charges,” “the lots” or “the allotments.” See it in Act 1:17, Act 1:25 in this sense. The old word meant a die (Mat 27:25), a portion (Col 1:12; 1Pe 1:4), here the charges assigned (cf. Act 17:4). From the adjective klērikos come our cleric, clerical, clerk. Wycliff translated it here “neither as having lordship in the clergie.”
Making yourselves ensamples (tupoi ginomenoi). Present active participle of ginomai and predicate nominative tupoi (types, models) for which phrase see 1Th 1:7. Continually becoming. See 1Pe 2:21 for hupogrammos (writing-copy).
To the flock (tou poimniou). Objective genitive.