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26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
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Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.
27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
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For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.
28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
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Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
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I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
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Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
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So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
32 So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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“Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33 I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
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I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
34 Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me.
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You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.
35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
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In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36 And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all.
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When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
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