LESSON 85

PAUL EXHORTS THE EPHESIANS

Acts 20:25-31Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

²⁵ “And now listen to me. I know that none of you will ever see me again. All the time I was with you, I told you the Good News about God’s kingdom. ²⁶ So today I can tell you one thing that I am sure of: God will not blame me if some of you are not saved. ²⁷ I can say this because I know that I told you everything that God wants you to know. ²⁸ Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for^[a] this flock.^[b] You must be shepherds to the church of God,^[c] the people he bought with his own blood.^[d] 29 I know that after I leave, some men will come into your group. They will be like wild wolves and will try to destroy the flock.³⁰ Also, men from your own group will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some of the Lord’s followers away from the truth to follow them. ³¹ So be careful! And always remember what I did during the three years I was with you. I never stopped reminding each one of you how you should live, counseling you day and night and crying over you.

Footnotes:

1. Acts 20:28 gave … caring for Literally, “made you overseers of.”
2. Acts 20:28 flock A flock is many sheep. Here, it means a group of God’s people who follow their leaders (elders) like sheep following a shepherd.
3. Acts 20:28 of God Some Greek copies say, “of the Lord.”
4. Acts 20:28 his own blood Or “the blood of his own Son.

1.   PAUL’S DECLARATION CONCERNING HIS FUTURE V. 25A

2.   HIS SURENESS OF IMPARTING GOD’S TRUTH TO THEM V. 25B-27

3.   WARNING AND REMINDING THEM OF THEIR DUTY V. 28

4.   WARNING OF FALSE TEACHERS V. 29-30

5.   REMINDER OF HIS CONDUCT IN MINISTRY FOR THEM V. 31

PAUL SAID TO FOLLOW HIM AS HE FOLLOWED CHRIST. CAN WE SAY THAT?

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