Study it in the app“Pay attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he obtained with his own blood.”
Pay attentionπροσέχετεto yourselvesἑαυτοῖςandκαὶto allπαντὶthe flock,τῷ ποιμνίῳinἐνwhichᾧthe Holyτὸ ἅγιονSpiritτὸ πνεῦμαhas madeἔθετοyouὑμᾶςoverseers,ἐπισκόπουςto shepherdποιμαίνεινthe assemblyτὴν ἐκκλησίανof God,τοῦ θεοῦwhichἣνhe obtainedπεριεποιήσατοwithδιὰhis ownτοῦ ἰδίουblood.τοῦ αἵματος
beware
To be alert: "look out for…".
Where else “prosechete” appearsflock
Flock.
Where else “poimniōi” appearsHoly Spirit
God's Spirit, who is his own and sets people apart for him.
Where else “hagion” appearsSpirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appearsappoint
To name someone to a post, or decide something.
Where else “etheto” appearsoverseer
Overseer: one who watches over and cares for others, a leader in charge of the assembly.
Where else “episkopous” appearsshepherd
To lead and care for people as one tends sheep.
Where else “poimainein” appearschurch
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsian” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsacquire
To make something one's own.
Where else “periepoiēsato” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idiou” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.
Where else “haimatos” appearsIt can also be translated “with the blood of his own [Son].” Some manuscripts read “the assembly of the Lord.”
27for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
28 · This verse (above)
29I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
1. What it says
What happens to Eutychus while Paul speaks for so long, and how does the night end? (vv. 7-12)
2. What it means
In his farewell to the Ephesian elders, Paul recalls Jesus' words about giving. What do they say, and why does he quote them? (vv. 33-35)
3. How I live it
Paul worked with his hands to help the weak (vv. 34-35). What can you give someone today, in time or attention?
