Watch Over the Flock

28Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he obtained through the blood of his own.

29I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

30and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

31Therefore stay alert, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not stop admonishing each one with tears.