Act 20:28, 1Cor 11:22, 1Ti 3:5, 15 | ESV | STEP | Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock , in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers , to care for the church of God , which he obtained with his own blood .

m[See ver. 1 above]

Acts 20:28

28 ^aPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^bthe flock, in which ^cthe Holy Spirit has made you ^doverseers, ^eto care for ^fthe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^hobtained ⁱwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own}

1 Corinthians 11:22

22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^kthe church of God and ^lhumiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

1 Timothy 3:5

5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for ^mGod’s church?

1 Timothy 3:15

15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.