Acts 20:24-32

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.