Acts 20:15-38

¹⁵And going from there by sea, we came on the day after opposite Chios, and touching at Samos on the day after that, we came on the third day to Miletus.

¹⁶For Paul's purpose was to go past Ephesus, so that he might not be kept in Asia; for he was going quickly, in order, if possible, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

¹⁷And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.

¹⁸And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,

¹⁹Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

²⁰And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

²¹Preaching to Jews and to Greeks the need for a turning of the heart to God, and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

²²And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:

²³Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

²⁴But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

²⁵And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

²⁶And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

²⁷For I have not kept back from you anything of the purpose of God.

²⁸Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

²⁹I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

³⁰And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

³¹So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

³²And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.

³³I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

³⁴You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

³⁵In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

³⁶And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.

³⁷And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,

³⁸Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.