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"For I 1did not shrink from declaring to you the whole2purpose of God.
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"Be on guard for yourselves and for all3the flock, amongwhich the HolySpirit has made you overseers, to shepherd4the church of Godwhich5He purchased with His ownblood.
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"I know that after my departure6savagewolves will come in among you, not sparing7the flock;
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and from among your own selvesmen will arise, speakingperversethings, to drawaway8the disciplesafter them.
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"Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of 9threeyears I did not cease to admonisheachone10with tears.
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"And now I 11commend you to God and to 12the word of His grace, which is able to 13build you up and to give you 14the inheritanceamongallthose who are sanctified.
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"You yourselvesknow that 16thesehandsministered to my own needs and to the 17men who were with me.
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"In everything I showed you that by workinghard in thismanner you musthelp the weak and remember the words of the LordJesus, that He Himselfsaid, 'It is moreblessed to givethan to receive.'"
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When he had saidthesethings, he 18knelt*down* and prayed with them all.
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And they began to weepaloud and 19embraced**Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,