Acts 20:28 Cross References - WPNT

²⁸ So take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers, to shepherd the congregation of the Lord and God which He purchased with His own blood.

⁶ ‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are not at all the least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a Ruler who will shepherd my people Israel’.”

¹⁸ And I further say to you that you are a stone, but on this bedrock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not withstand her.

⁹ “But watch out for yourselves, because they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in synagogues, and you will be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them.

³² “Do not fear, little flock, because it pleased the Father to give you the Kingdom.

³⁴ “But keep a watch on yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness, and cares of life, and that Day come upon you suddenly.

¹⁵ So, when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Feed my lambs.” ¹⁶ He says to him again, a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” He says to Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I’m fond of you.” He says to him, “Shepherd my sheep.” ¹⁷ The third time He says to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, are you fond of me?” Peter was grieved in that the third time He said to him, “Are you fond of me?” and said to Him: “Lord, you know all things. You know that I’m fond of you!” Jesus says to him: “Feed my sheep.

² As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart to me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them!”

²³ When they had appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord into whom they had believed.

¹⁷ From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the congregation.

²⁹ Because I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

² to the church of God in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, along with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ—ours, theirs and yours:

²⁶ So that is how I ‘run’, with a definite goal; that is how I fight, with well-aimed blows. ²⁷ Yes, I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

³² Give no offense, either to Jews or to Greeks or to the Church of God

²² Now really, don’t you have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise God’s congregation and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? Indeed not!

⁸ So to one a word of wisdom is given, by the Spirit; to another a word of knowledge, by the same Spirit; ⁹ to a different one faith, by the same Spirit; to another presents of healings, by the same Spirit; ¹⁰ to another workings of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discernings of spirits; to a different one kinds of languages, to another interpretation of languages. ¹¹ However, the one and the same Spirit produces all of these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

²⁸ And those whom God has appointed in the Church are: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; after that miracles, then presents of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of languages. ²⁹ All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not miracle workers, are they? ³⁰ All do not have presents of healings, do they? All do not speak languages, do they? All do not interpret, do they? ³¹ But earnestly desire the best gifts. And now I show you a most excellent way.

⁹ For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

¹³ You have heard of my former conduct while in Judaism, how I was rabid in my persecution of God’s Church and tried to annihilate it;

⁷ in whom we have the redemption through His\up6 [S]\up0 blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His\up6 [F]\up0 grace,

¹⁴ who is the down payment on our inheritance until the release of the possession, to the praise of His glory.

¹¹ Yes, He Himself gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

¹ Paul and Timothy, slaves of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

¹⁴ in whom we have the redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our sins.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus, “See to it that you complete the work that you received in the Lord.”

² Now then, it is obligatory for the overseer to be above reproach, a one woman man, temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, good at teaching,

⁵ (for if a man doesn’t know how to rule his own house, how can he take care of God’s congregation?);

¹⁵ in case I am delayed, so that you may know how it is necessary to conduct oneself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, pillar and foundation of the truth. ¹⁶ Yes, the mystery of our religion is confessedly great: God was manifested in flesh, was vindicated in spirit, was revealed to angels, was proclaimed among nations, was believed in the world, was received up in glory!

¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the body of elders.

¹⁶ Take pains with yourself and the doctrine; persevere in those things, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

¹⁷ Let the elders who lead well be counted worthy of a double honorarium, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

⁷ Because as an administrator under God the overseer must be blameless; not self-willed, not hotheaded, not given to wine, not a bully, not avaricious;

¹² and with His own blood, not that of goats and calves. ¹³ For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who had been ceremonially defiled, restored ceremonial purity to the body, ¹⁴ how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

¹⁵ taking care that no one come short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble and thereby many be defiled,

¹⁷ Obey your leaders and submit, for they keep watch over your souls, as those who must give account, so that they may do it with joy and not sighing (which would be unprofitable for you).

¹⁸ knowing that it was not with perishable things (silver or gold) that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down by your forefathers, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a faultless and pure lamb;

⁹ But you are a chosen family, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a private-property people, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

²⁵ Yes, you were like straying sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls.

² Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers willingly, not under compulsion; not for dishonest gain but freely; ³ neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

⁷ But if we walk in the light just 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.

⁹ And they sing a new song saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals; because You were slaughtered, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every tribe and language and people and ethnic nation;