What Does 1 Peter 2:25 Mean?

“ye were”

i (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

“For”

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

“as”

which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)

“sheep”

something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e., (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively)

“going astray”

to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)

“but”

properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)

“are”

to revert (literally, figuratively or morally)

“now”

"now" (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate

“unto”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the Shepherd”

a shepherd (literally or figuratively)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“Bishop”

a superintendent, i.e., christian officer in genitive case charge of a (or the) church (literally or figuratively)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“souls”

breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from g4151, wh

“of your”

of (from or concerning) you