Acts 20:28

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Acts 20:28

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Summary

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.

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To feed

The church

Which he

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I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of them,

But if you will not listen to it,
My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
And declare in the coastlands afar off,
And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him
And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”

“As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God,” declares the Lord God.

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,

The flock of Your possession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of a fruitful field.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead

As in the days of old.

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

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While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;

Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the

presbytery.

To feed

He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;

The lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of understanding.

Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in His bosom;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.

“Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding.

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.

And He will arise and shepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will remain,
Because at that time He will be great
To the ends of the earth.

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,

The flock of Your possession
Which dwells by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of a fruitful field.
Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead

As in the days of old.

Thus says the Lord my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,
Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah;
For out of you shall come forth a Ruler
Who will

shepherd My people Israel.’”

shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness;

The church

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God;

What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;

(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

Which he

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old,
Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;
And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt.

But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him,

putting Him to grief;

If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

knowing that you were not

redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a

holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

And they *sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.