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But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
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“And now I know that none of you to whom I have preached the Kingdom will ever see me again.
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I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault,
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for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.
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“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood —over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders.