Acts 20:31
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Therefore watch, keeping in memory that for three years I ceased not with tears to admonish every one of you, night and day.

Ezekiel 3:21
But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin, and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.

Acts 19:8
And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and exhorting concerning the kingdom of God.

Acts 19:10
And this continued for the space of two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Gentiles.

Acts 20:19
Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews:

Acts 24:17
Now after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation and offerings and vows.

Philippians 3:18
For many walk, of whom I have told you often (and now tell you weeping) that they are enemies of the cross of Christ:

Colossians 1:28
Whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

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Therefore watch, keeping in memory that for three years I ceased not with tears to admonish every one of you, night and day.

watch.

Matthew 13:25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.

Mark 13:34-37 Even as a man who, going into a far country, left his house and gave authority to his servants over every work and commanded the porter to watch. . . .

Luke 21:36 Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come and to stand before the Son of man.

2 Timothy 4:5 But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.

Hebrews 13:17 Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with joy and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.

Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

by.

Acts 19:8,10 And entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and exhorting concerning the kingdom of God. . . .

warn.

Ezekiel 3:17-20 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me. . . .

Matthew 3:7 And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?

1 Corinthians 4:14 I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children.

Colossians 1:28 Whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we beseech you, brethren, rebuke the unquiet: comfort the feeble minded: support the weak: be patient towards all men.

night.

Acts 20:7,11 And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, being to depart on the morrow. And he continued his speech until midnight. . . .

1 Thessalonians 2:9,10 For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: working night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you, we preached among you the gospel of God. . . .

2 Thessalonians 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing: but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable to any of you.

with.

Acts 20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews:

Context
Paul's Farewell to the Ephesians
30And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31Therefore watch, keeping in memory that for three years I ceased not with tears to admonish every one of you, night and day. 32And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, who is able to build up and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified.…
Lexicon
Therefore
διὸ (dio)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1352: Wherefore, on which account, therefore. From dia and hos; through which thing, i.e. Consequently.

be alert
γρηγορεῖτε (grēgoreite)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1127: (a) I am awake (in the night), watch, (b) I am watchful, on the alert, vigilant. From egeiro; to keep awake, i.e. Watch.

[and] remember
μνημονεύοντες (mnēmoneuontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3421: From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse.

that
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

for three years
τριετίαν (trietian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 5148: A space of three years. From a compound of treis and etos; a three years' period.

I never stopped
ἐπαυσάμην (epausamēn)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3973: A primary verb; to stop, i.e. Restrain, quit, desist, come to an end.

warning
νουθετῶν (nouthetōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3560: To admonish, warn, counsel, exhort. From the same as nouthesia; to put in mind, i.e. to caution or reprove gently.

each
ἕκαστον (hekaston)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every.

[of you]
ἕνα (hena)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

night
νύκτα (nykta)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3571: The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

day
ἡμέραν (hēmeran)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

with
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

tears.
δακρύων (dakryōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1144: A tear. Or dakruon dak'-roo-on; of uncertain affinity; a tear.


Additional Translations
Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

Therefore stay awake, remembering that three years night and day I never ceased admonishing each one with tears.

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.

Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one [of you] with tears.

Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.

Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.

Therefore be on the alert; and remember that, night and day, for three years, I never ceased admonishing every one, even with tears.

Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn't cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.

'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;
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