Acts 20:28–35

²⁸“Be on guard for yourselves and for all ^athe flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you ¹overseers, to shepherd ^bthe church of God which ^cHe ²purchased ³with His own blood.

²⁹“I know that after my departure ^asavage wolves will come in among you, not sparing ^bthe flock;

³⁰and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away ^athe disciples after them.

³¹“Therefore be watchful, remembering that night and day for a period of ^athree years I did not cease to admonish each one ^bwith tears.

³²“And now I ^acommend you to God and to ^bthe word of His grace, which is able to ^cbuild you up and to give you ^dthe inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.

³³“^aI have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.

³⁴“You yourselves know that ^athese hands ministered to my own needs and to those ^bwho were with me.

³⁵“In everything I showed you that by laboring in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”