1 Peter 5:3 "Nor as lording it over your allotments.."
Among the believers, besides Christ there should be no other lord. All should be servants, even slaves. The elders in the church can only take the leadership (not the lordship), which all the believers should honor and follow. Even the elder should be slaves of the saints. Peter heard the Lord Jesus say that those who desire to become great must be slaves. The word allotments refers to the flock. The churches are God's possession, allotted to the elders as their allotments, their portions, entrusted to them by God for their care.
