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Acts 20:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. "

Acts 20:28

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26 Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men,

27 for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

30 Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

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Related Verses

1 Peter 5:2

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"shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;"

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Joshua 23:11

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"Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God."

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1 Peter 2:25

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"For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."

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Numbers 27:17

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"who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of the LORD may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”"

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1 Timothy 4:16

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"Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you."

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1 Corinthians 6:20

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"for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s."

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From This Chapter

Acts 20:1

"After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, took leave of them, and departed to go into Macedonia."

Acts 20:2

"When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece."

Acts 20:3

"When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia."

Acts 20:4

"These accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of Beroea, Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, Gaius of Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia."

Acts 20:5

"But these had gone ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas."

Acts 20:6

"We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days."

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