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Acts 20:13-24
TO FINISH THE RACE - Jul 20, 2019 -
Acts 20:1-12
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND LIFE - Jul 19, 2019 -
Acts 20:1-6
AN IMPORTANT JOURNEY - Jan 01, 2000 -
Acts 20:7-12
A SHORT VISIT IN TROAS - Jan 01, 2000 -
Acts 20:13-21
TEACHING REPENTANCE AND FAITH - Jan 01, 2000 -
Acts 20:22-27
IF ONLY I MAY COMPLETE THE TASK - Jan 01, 2000 -
Acts 20:28-31
BE SHEPHERDS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD - Jan 01, 2000 -
Acts 20:32-38
IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE - Jan 01, 2000
TO PROCLAIM THE WILL OF GOD
Key verse: 27
NIV
25 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom(A) will ever see me again.(B) 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(C) 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(D) 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(E) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(F) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](G) which he bought(H) with his own blood.[b](I) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(J) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(K) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(L) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(M) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(N)
32 “Now I commit you to God(O) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance(P) among all those who are sanctified.(Q) 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.(R) 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(S) 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.(T) 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.(U) 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again.(V) Then they accompanied him to the ship.(W)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Cross references
- Acts 20:25 : S Mt 4:23
- Acts 20:25 : ver 38
- Acts 20:26 : Eze 3:17-19; Ac 18:6
- Acts 20:27 : S ver 20
- Acts 20:28 : ver 29; S Jn 21:16
- Acts 20:28 : S 1Ti 3:1
- Acts 20:28 : S 1Co 10:32
- Acts 20:28 : S 1Co 6:20
- Acts 20:28 : S Ro 3:25
- Acts 20:29 : Eze 34:5; Mt 7:15
- Acts 20:29 : ver 28
- Acts 20:30 : S Ac 11:26
- Acts 20:31 : Ac 19:10
- Acts 20:31 : ver 19
- Acts 20:32 : Ac 14:23
- Acts 20:32 : S Eph 1:14; S Mt 25:34; Col 1:12; 3:24; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 1:4
- Acts 20:32 : Ac 26:18
- Acts 20:33 : 1Sa 12:3; 1Co 9:12; 2Co 2:17; 7:2; 11:9; 12:14-17; 1Th 2:5
- Acts 20:34 : S Ac 18:3
- Acts 20:36 : Lk 22:41; Ac 9:40; 21:5
- Acts 20:37 : S Lk 15:20
- Acts 20:38 : ver 25
- Acts 20:38 : Ac 21:5
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ESV
25 And now, behold, (A)I know that none of you among whom I have gone about (B)proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26 Therefore (C)I testify to you this day that (D)I am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for (E)I did not shrink from declaring to you (F)the whole counsel of God. 28 (G)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (H)the flock, in which (I)the Holy Spirit has made you (J)overseers, (K)to care for (L)the church of God,[a] which he (M)obtained (N)with his own blood.[b] 29 I (O)know that after my departure (P)fierce wolves will come in among you, (Q)not sparing the flock; 30 and (R)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore (S)be alert, remembering that (T)for three years I did not cease night or day (U)to admonish every one (V)with tears. 32 And now (W)I commend you to God and to (X)the word of his grace, which is able to (Y)build you up and to give you (Z)the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 33 (AA)I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. 34 (AB)You yourselves know that (AC)these hands ministered to my necessities and (AD)to those who were with me. 35 In all things (AE)I have shown you that (AF)by working hard in this way we must (AG)help the weak and (AH)remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed (AI)to give than to receive.’”
36 And when he had said these things, (AJ)he knelt down and prayed with them all. 37 And (AK)there was much weeping on the part of all; (AL)they embraced Paul and (AM)kissed him, 38 being sorrowful most of all because of (AN)the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And (AO)they accompanied him to the ship.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own
Cross references
- Acts 20:25 : [Phil. 1:25]
- Acts 20:25 : See ch. 28:31
- Acts 20:26 : Deut. 8:19
- Acts 20:26 : See ch. 18:6
- Acts 20:27 : ver. 20; [Jer. 26:2; Ezek. 33:8]
- Acts 20:27 : ch. 13:36; Luke 7:30; [ch. 2:23; Eph. 1:11; Heb. 6:17]
- 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
- Acts 20:32 : ch. 14:23
- Acts 20:32 : ch. 14:3; [ver. 24]
- Acts 20:32 : See Col. 2:7
- Acts 20:32 : ch. 26:18; Eph. 1:14, 18; 5:5; Col. 1:12; 3:24; Heb. 9:15; [1 Pet. 1:4]; See Matt. 25:34; Rom. 8:17
- Acts 20:33 : 1 Cor. 9:12; 2 Cor. 7:2; 11:9; 12:17; [1 Sam. 12:3; Matt. 10:8; 1 Thess. 2:5]
- Acts 20:34 : [ver. 18]
- Acts 20:34 : See ch. 18:3
- Acts 20:34 : ch. 19:22, 29
- Acts 20:35 : 2 Thess. 3:7
- Acts 20:35 : Eph. 4:28
- Acts 20:35 : 1 Thess. 5:14; [1 Cor. 12:28]
- Acts 20:35 : ch. 11:16
- Acts 20:35 : Matt. 10:8
- Acts 20:36 : See ch. 7:60
- Acts 20:37 : [2 Tim. 1:4]
- Acts 20:37 : See Luke 15:20
- Acts 20:37 : See Luke 15:20
- Acts 20:38 : ver. 25
- Acts 20:38 : See ch. 15:3
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Prayer: Lord, help me to remember the gospel of Jesus and give my life for his sake. Make my life a proclamation of the will of God.
One Word: Proclaim the whole will of God