Acts 20:25-36

²⁵Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

²⁶Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.

²⁷For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

²⁸Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

²⁹I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

³⁰Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

³¹Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

³²And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

³³I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

³⁴You yourselves know that these hands of mine have ministered to my own needs and those of my companions.

³⁵In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

³⁶When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

— Acts 20:25-36

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Illustration of Acts 20:28 NIV

Illustration of Acts 20:28 NIV -- [Paul, to the Ephesian elders at Miletus:] "Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood."

Cross References for Acts 20:25-36

• Hebrews 13:16
• 2 Corinthians 9:6-12
• Proverbs 19:17
• Luke 14:12-14
• Matthew 10:8
• 2 Corinthians 8:9
• 1 Peter 5:2-3
• 1 Thessalonians 5:14
• Isaiah 58:7-12
• Ephesians 1:14

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