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for I have not shrunk from declaring unto you all the counsel of God.
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"Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood.
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For I know this: that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Also from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them.
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Therefore watch, and remember that for the space of three years I ceased not to warn everyone night and day with tears.
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"And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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I have coveted no man's silver or gold or apparel.
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Yea, ye yourselves know that these hands have ministered unto my own necessities, and also to those who were with me.
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I have shown you all things, how that by so laboring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, `It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
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And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.
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And they all wept sorely and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,