²⁷For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.^v ²⁸Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock^w of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.^x Be shepherds of the church of God,^a^y which he bought^z with his own blood.^b^a ²⁹I know that after I leave, savage wolves^b will come in among you and will not spare the flock.^c

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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

aMany manuscripts of the Lord
bOr with the blood of his own Son.

Cross references

vSee ver 20
wver 29; See Jn 21:16
xSee 1 Ti 3:1
ySee 1 Co 10:32
zSee 1 Co 6:20
aSee Ro 3:25
b Eze 34:5; Mt 7:15
cver 28

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. 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. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God. Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

NLTNew Living Translation

for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders. I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for I did not shrink from proclaiming to you the whole purpose of God. Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own Son. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

KJV 1900King James Version

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

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