Acts 20:28

Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders

²⁷ For I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God. ²⁸ Therefore take heed to yourselves, and to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He has purchased with His own blood. ²⁹ For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Church of God

Holy Spirit

Purchased with His Own Blood

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1 Corinthians 10:32

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

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those with young.

Micah 7:14

Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in the woods, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Luke 12:32

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Acts 13:2

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, So, then, separate Barnabas and Saul to Me for the work to which I have called them.

Acts 20:29

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

Ephesians 1:7

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

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.

1 Timothy 3:2

Then it behooves the overseer to be without reproach, husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, well-ordered, hospitable, apt at teaching,

1 Peter 5:2-3

Feed the flock of God among you, taking the oversight, not by compulsion, but willingly; nor for base gain, but readily;

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation.

John 21:15-17

Then when they broke fast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

Acts 14:23

And having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.

1 Corinthians 1:2

to the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called out with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

1 Corinthians 12:8-11

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

1 Corinthians 15:9

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

Ephesians 1:14

who is the earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.

1 Timothy 3:15-16

But if I should delay, that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

1 Timothy 4:16

Hold on to yourself and to the doctrine; continue in them, for doing this you shall both save yourself and those who hear you.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in Word and doctrine.

Titus 1:7

For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not full of passion, not given to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy for ill gain;

Hebrews 13:17

Yield to those leading you, and be submissive, for they watch for your souls, as those who must give account, that they may do it with joy and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you.

1 Peter 1:18-19

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you might speak of the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

2 Chronicles 19:6-7

And he said to the judges, Take heed what you do. For you do not judge for man, but for Jehovah, who is with you in the judgment.

Psalm 74:2

Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, the rod of Your inheritance which You have redeemed; this mount Zion in which You have dwelt.

Psalm 78:70-72

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

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many; but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Song of Songs 1:7-8

Tell me, You whom my soul loves, where do You feed, where do You lie down at noon? For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of Your companions?

Isaiah 53:10-12

Yet it pleased Jehovah to crush Him; to grieve Him; that He should put forth His soul as a guilt-offering. He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the will of Jehovah shall prosper in His hand.

Isaiah 63:11

Then He remembered the days of old, Moses and His people, saying, Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within him;

Jeremiah 3:15

And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride. And my eye shall weep sore and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock was captured.

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and behold those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?

Jeremiah 31:10

Hear the Word of Jehovah, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off. And say, He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him, as a shepherd keeps his flock.

Ezekiel 34:3

You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you kill the fat ones, but you do not feed the flock.

Ezekiel 34:31

And you My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord Jehovah.

Micah 5:4

And He shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah His God. And they shall sit, for now He shall be great to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 11:4

For so says Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,

Matthew 2:6

"And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the governors of Judah. For out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule My people Israel."

Matthew 16:18

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Mark 13:9

But take heed to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them.

Luke 21:34

And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;

Acts 20:17

And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church.

1 Corinthians 9:26-27

So then I run, not as if I were uncertain. And so I fight, not as one who beats the air.

1 Corinthians 11:22

For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who do not have? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? I do not praise you!

1 Corinthians 12:28-31

And God set some in the church, firstly, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers, then works of power, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, kinds of languages.

Galatians 1:13

For you heard my manner of life when I was in Judaism, that I persecuted the church of God with surpassing zeal, and ravaged it.

Ephesians 4:11

And truly He gave some to be apostles, and some to be prophets, and some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

Colossians 1:14

in whom we have redemption through His blood, the remission of sins.

Colossians 4:17

And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.

1 Timothy 3:5

(For if a man does not know to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

1 Timothy 4:14

Do not neglect the gift in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.

Hebrews 9:12-14

nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Hebrews 12:15

looking diligently lest any fail of the grace of God, or lest any root of bitterness springing up disturb you, and by it many are defiled,

1 Peter 2:25

For you were as sheep going astray, but now you are turned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.