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Acts 20:17-35

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17From Miletus, however, he sent to Ephesus and invited the church elders to meet him;
18and, when they came, he said to them, “You know well the life that I always led amongst you from the very first day that I set foot in Roman Asia,
19serving the Lord, as I did, in all humility, amid the tears and trials which fell to my lot through the plots of some of the Jewish leaders.
20I never shrank from telling you anything that could be helpful to you, or from teaching you both in public and in private.
21I earnestly pointed both Jews and Greeks to the repentance that leads to God, and to faith in Jesus, our Lord.
22And now, under spiritual constraint, I am here on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there,
23except that in town after town the Holy Spirit plainly declares to me that imprisonment and troubles await me.
24But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus — which was to declare the good news of the love of God.
25And now, I tell you, I know that none of you will ever see my face again — you amongst whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom.
26Therefore I declare to you this day, that my conscience is clear in regard to the fate of any of you,
27for I have not shrunk from announcing the whole purpose of God regarding you.
28Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.
29I know that, after my departure, merciless wolves will get in amongst you, who will not spare the flock;
30and from amongst yourselves, too, people will arise, who will teach perversions of truth, so as to draw away the disciples after them.
31Therefore, be on your guard, remembering how for three years, night and day, I never ceased, even with tears, to warn each one of you.
32And now I commend you to the Lord and to the message of his love — a message which has the power to build up your characters, and to give you your place amongst all those who have become Christ's people.
33I have never coveted anyone's gold or silver or clothing.
34You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.
35I left nothing undone to show you that, labouring as I laboured, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself — ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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