Acts 20:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

All

Acts 20:29

Luke 12:32

1 Peter 5:2

Over

To feed

Matthew 2:6

1 Peter 5:2

The church

Which he

Bible References

All

I know that when I am gone, fierce wolves will get in among you, and they will not spare the flock; yes.

Fear not, you little flock, for your Father is delighted to give you the Realm.

be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,

Over

As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, "Come! set me apart Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

They chose presbyters for them in every church, and with prayer and fasting entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

One man is granted words of wisdom by the Spirit, another words of knowledge by the same Spirit;

You have a gift that came to you transmitted by the prophets, when the presbytery laid their hands upon you; do not neglect that gift.

To feed

And you Bethlehem, in Judah's land, You are not least among the rulers of Judah: For a ruler will come from you, Who will shepherd Israel my people."

be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,

The church

to the church of God at Corinth, to those who are consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, as well as to all who, wherever they may be, invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord no less than ours:

Put no stumbling-block in the way of Jews or Greeks or the church of God.

What! have you no houses to eat and drink in? Do you think you can show disrespect to the church of God and put the poor to shame? What can I say to you? Commend you? Not for this.

For I am the very least of the apostles, unfit to bear the name of apostle, since I persecuted the church of God.

You know the story of my past career in Judaism; you know how furiously I persecuted the church of God and harried it,

(if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?);

Which he

in whom we enjoy our redemption, the forgiveness of our trespasses, by the blood he shed.

In him we enjoy our redemption, that is, the forgiveness of sins.

not taking any blood of goats and oxen but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy place. He secured an eternal redemption.

you know it was not by perishable silver or gold that you were ransomed from the futile traditions of your past,

But you are the elect race, the royal priesthood, the consecrated nation, the People who belong to Him, that you may proclaim the wondrous deeds of Him who has called you from darkness to his wonderful light ??10 you who once were no people and now are God's people, you who once were unpitied and now are pitied.

singing a new song: "Thou deservest to take the scroll and open its seals, for thou wast slain and by shedding thy blood hast ransomed for God men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation;