Prothumos describes willing, unforced oversight of God’s flock in 1 Peter 5:2.

The single attested use describes oversight that is undertaken willingly rather than under compulsion, within the instruction to shepherd God’s flock in 1 Peter 5:2.

1. Willing, unforced oversight · dominant

   In 1 Peter 5:2, προθύμως is an adverb in the instruction to shepherd God’s flock and oversee it; the surrounding contrast is with acting “under compulsion.” The APB renders the clause “not under compulsion but voluntarily according to God, nor greedily but eagerly.”

   1 Peter 5:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Peter 5:2, the APB places “eagerly” in the contrast concerning oversight.