²⁸Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock^q of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers,^r to shepherd the church of God,^D which he purchased with his own blood.^s ²⁹I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. ³⁰Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.^t ³¹Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I never stopped warning each one of you with tears.^u

³²“And now ^G I commit you to God and to the word of his grace,^v which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance^w among all who are sanctified. ³³I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.^x ³⁴You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.^y ³⁵In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Read in Logos

Acts 20:28: Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

Footnotes

DSome read church of the Lord; other read church of the Lord and God
GOther add brothers and sisters

Cross references

q Lk 12:32; Jn 10:16; 1Co 9:7; 1Pt 5:2–3
r Php 1:1; 1Tm 3:2; Ti 1:7; 1Pt 2:25
s Eph 1:7,14; Heb 9:12; 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:9
t Ac 11:26; 1Tm 1:20; 1Jn 2:19
u Ac 19:10; 20:19
v Ac 14:23; Heb 13:9
w Ac 26:18; Eph 1:14; Col 1:12; 3:24; Heb 9:15; 1Pt 1:4
x 1Sm 12:3; 1Co 9:12; 2Co 7:2; 11:9; 12:17
y Ac 18:3; 19:22