Acts 20:28
26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
27 For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
30 Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
- ASV
- Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
- DARBY
- Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.
- BLB
- Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among whom the Holy Spirit has set you⁺ as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with [His] own blood.
- ÅB
- Så gi da akt på dere selv, og på hele den flokk som den Hellige Ånd satte dere til tilsynsmenn i, for å vokte Guds menighet, som han vant seg ved sitt eget blod!
- OTB
- Vær på vakt for dere selv og for hele flokken som Den Hellige Ånd har gjort dere til tilsynsmenn for. Vokt Guds menighet, som han kjøpte med sitt eget blod.
- B1930
- Så gi da akt på eder selv, og på hele den hjord som den Hellige Ånd satte eder til tilsynsmenn i, for å vokte Guds menighet, som han vant sig ved sitt eget blod!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 5:2–3
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
Read in context1 Timothy 4:16
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Read in context1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
Read in contextIsaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Read in context1 Timothy 3:2
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
Read in contextJeremiah 3:15
Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
Read in contextActs 13:2
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Read in contextHebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
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