Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Being lords, х katakurieuontes (G2634)] - 'lording it' with despotic pride (2 Corinthians 1:24).
God's heritage, х ton (G3588) kleeron (G2819)] - 'the inheritances;' i:e., the portions of the Church committed severally to your charge (Bengel); explained by "the flock." However, in 1 Peter 5:2, "flock of God which is among you," answers to "(God's) heritages" (the sheep which are God's portion and inheritance, Deuteronomy 32:9). Your assuming lordship would be to usurp God's. The Church, as one whole, is God's heritage or flock (singular). Regarded as to its component parts, divided among several pastors, it is plural, 'heritages.' Compare Acts 1:17; Acts 1:25. Greek, the 'parts' are still God's heritages. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote to Pope Eugene, 'Peter could not give thee what he had not: what he had he gave: the care over the Church, not dominion.' "Lot" for "inheritance" came from the division of Canaan into allotments. The whole land was God's: each one's portion was from God.
Being, х ginomenoi (G1096)] - 'becoming.'
Ensamples - the most effective recommendation of precept (1 Timothy 4:12; Titus 2:7). 'A monstrosity it is to see the highest rank joined with the lowest life, a grandiloquent tongue with a lazy life, much talking with no fruit' (Bernard).