28 Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock  * 20:28 Lk 12:32; Jn 10:16; 1Co 9:7; 1Pt 5:2–3 of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers,  * 20:28 Php 1:1; 1Tm 3:2; Ti 1:7; 1Pt 2:25 to shepherd the church of God,  * 20:28 Some mss read church of the Lord; other mss read church of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.  * 20:28 Eph 1:7,14; Heb 9:12; 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:9