 | Episcopal Church - 1841 - 410 pages
...flock, over the which the HOLY GHOST jiath made you overseers, to feed the Church of GOD, which he hail' purchased with his own blood. For 1 know this, that...tears. 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 them... | |
 | 1857 - 830 pages
...hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous...three years I ceased not to warn every one night and dav with tears." ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH. THERE was an anomaly in Goldsmith's... | |
 | LADY. - 1841 - 200 pages
...you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." — Matt. vii. 15. St. Paul says, "After my departing shall grievous wolves enter in...that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn 157 every one night and day with tears." — Acts xx. 29—31. Do we not pray to be preserved from... | |
 | Ruth Paxson - 514 pages
...seductive methods in his epistles to the churches. Acts 20:29-30, "For I know this, that after my departure shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing...perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into... | |
 | Emilio B. Knechtle, Charles J. Sohlmann - 1997 - 164 pages
...against the internal enemy who would cause them to fall away from a pure devotion to Jesus Christ. "After my departing shall grievous wolves enter in...shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw many disciples after them." Acts 20:29, 30. When the majority departed from the pure teachings of the... | |
 | 52 pages
...(Bishops), to feed (Shepherds) the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous...ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:17,28-31) The word of God establishes the pattern for leadership in the church. Unfortunately,... | |
 | Larry Brown - 2000 - 24 pages
...hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. "For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous...not to warn every one night and day with tears."— Acts 20:28-31. Wolves are dangerous, and in order to avoid wolves you must mark them. "/ beseech you,... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 260 pages
...hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous...ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears." — Acts 20:28-31. Paul knew that men, even preachers, would turn away from the faith. In I Timothy... | |
 | W. Edward Glenny, William H. Smallman - 416 pages
...hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous...perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. (Acts 20:28-30) Timothy, who later served as missionary pastor in Ephesus, was encouraged to "Put on... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 228 pages
...hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous...perverse things, to draw away disciples after them." — Acts 20:28-30. Paul had a mighty revival among fickle, immature Christians, and he knew that after... | |
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For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock; also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them. 
