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:
- Acts 20:28 gave … caring for Literally,
“made you overseers of.”
- 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.
- Acts 20:28 of God Some
Greek copies say, “of the Lord.”
- Acts 20:28 his own blood Or “the
blood of his own Son.
