Eze 3:17-21, 33:2, 7-9, Act 20:24-26, 28, 1Cor 4:1-2, 1Pe 5:2-3 | ESV | STEP | Son of man , I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel . Whenever you hear a word from my mouth , you shall give them warning from me.

17 ^a“Son of man, ^bI have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall ^cgive them warning from me. 18 ^dIf I say to the wicked, ^e‘You shall surely die,’ ^fand you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person ^gshall die for ^{▼▼Or in; also verses 19, 20} his iniquity, ⁱbut his blood I will require at your hand. 19 ^jBut if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, ^kbut you ^lwill have delivered your soul. 20 ^mAgain, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, ⁿand I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. ^oBecause you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, ^pand his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, ^qbut his blood I will require at your hand. 21 But if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and you will have delivered your soul.”

Ezekiel 33:2

2 ^r“Son of man, speak to ^syour people and say to them, If ^tI bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their ^uwatchman,

Ezekiel 33:7-9

7 ^v“So you, ^wson of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. ^xWhenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 ^yIf I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, ^zand you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, ^aathat wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 ^abBut if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, ^acthat person shall die in his iniquity, ^adbut you will have delivered your soul.

Acts 20:24-26

24 But ^aeI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only ^afI may finish my course and ^agthe ministry ^ahthat I received from the Lord Jesus, ^aito testify to ^ajthe gospel of ^akthe grace of God. 25 And now, behold, ^alI know that none of you among whom I have gone about ^amproclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26 Therefore ^anI testify to you this day that ^aoI am innocent of the blood of all,

Acts 20:28

28 ^apPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^aqthe flock, in which ^arthe Holy Spirit has made you ^asoverseers, ^atto care for ^authe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^awobtained ^axwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own}

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

The Ministry of Apostles

1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and ^azstewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

1 Peter 5:2-3

2 ^bashepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight} ^bcnot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you} ^benot for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not ^bfdomineering over those in your charge, but ^bgbeing examples to the flock.