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Acts 20:25-38
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Acts 20:13-24
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Acts 20:1-12
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Acts 20:1-6
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Acts 20:7-12
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Acts 20:13-21
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Acts 20:22-27
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Acts 20:32-38
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BE SHEPHERDS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD
Passage:
Acts 20:28-31
Key verse: 28
NIV
28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(F) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(G) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(H) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(I) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(J)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Cross references
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ESV
28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b] 29 I (I)know that after my departure (J)fierce wolves will come in among you, (K)not sparing the flock; 30 and (L)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore (M)be alert, remembering that (N)for three years I did not cease night or day (O)to admonish every one (P)with tears.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own
Cross references
- Acts 20:28 : [1 Tim. 4:16]
- Acts 20:28 : ver. 29; [Eph. 4:11]; See Luke 12:32
- Acts 20:28 : [ch. 13:2; 1 Cor. 12:8-11]
- Acts 20:28 : Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:2; Titus 1:7; [ver. 17]
- Acts 20:28 : See John 21:16
- Acts 20:28 : 1 Cor. 1:2; 10:32; 11:16; 15:9
- Acts 20:28 : [2 Pet. 2:1]
- Acts 20:28 : Heb. 9:12, 14; [Eph. 1:7; 1 John 1:7]; See 1 Pet. 1:18, 19; Rev. 5:9
- Acts 20:29 : [See ver. 28 above]; [2 Pet. 2:1]
- Acts 20:29 : See Matt. 7:15
- Acts 20:29 : John 10:12; [Col. 2:8]
- Acts 20:30 : [1 Cor. 11:19; 2 Cor. 11:13; 1 Tim. 1:19, 20; 1 John 2:18, 19]
- Acts 20:31 : [Heb. 13:17]; See Matt. 24:42
- Acts 20:31 : [ch. 19:8, 10; 24:17]
- Acts 20:31 : Col. 1:28
- Acts 20:31 : [Heb. 13:17]; See ver. 19
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1. Keep watch over yourselves (28a)
Shepherds and Bible teachers must first keep watch over themselves. We can do this by daily prayer and Bible study, and by coming to Jesus our Shepherd with repentance and faith, seeking forgiveness and help, and the leading of the Holy Spirit.
2. Be shepherds of God's flock (28b-31)
The church belongs to God, for he bought it with his own blood. He calls men to be shepherds of his flock, and equips them with the Holy Spirit. A shepherd must feed the flock; a shepherd must protect God's flock from Satan's attacks, which come through old-wineskin-like people--'savage wolves.' He must also protect God's sheep from ambitious people within the church, those who try to split the church and gather a following around themselves. We must be spiritually alert and on guard day and night, as Paul was. We must fight with the sword of the Spirit--the Bible--and with prayer.
Prayer: Lord, help me to walk close to you so that I can be an alert and good shepherd of your flock.
One Word: Take care of God's flock
