28 Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers,(B) to shepherd the church of God,[a] which he purchased with his own blood.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 20:28 Some mss read church of the Lord; other mss read church of the Lord and God

As an overseer(A) of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,

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