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"Be on guard for yourselves and for all1the flock, amongwhich the HolySpirit has made you overseers, to shepherd2the church of Godwhich3He purchased with His ownblood.
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"I know that after my departure4savagewolves will come in among you, not sparing5the flock;
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and from among your own selvesmen will arise, speakingperversethings, to drawaway6the disciplesafter them.
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"Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of 7threeyears I did not cease to admonisheachone8with tears.
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"And now I 9commend you to God and to 10the word of His grace, which is able to 11build you up and to give you 12the inheritanceamongallthose who are sanctified.
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"You yourselvesknow that 14thesehandsministered to my own needs and to the 15men 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 16knelt*down* and prayed with them all.
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And they began to weepaloud and 17embraced**Paul, and repeatedly kissed him,
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grievingespeciallyover18the wordwhich he had spoken, that they would not see his faceagain. And they were 19accompanying him to the ship.