1 Peter 5:1-3

Bible Text

[1] I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed. [2] Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly; [3] neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

Babylon, mentioned later in 1 Peter 5:13 rather than in verses 1–3, is commonly understood as a symbolic name for Rome,

Places in this passage

1 Peter 5:1-3 mentions Babylon.