Acts 20:17–28

¹⁷And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church. ¹⁸And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time, ¹⁹serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews; ²⁰how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house, ²¹testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. ²²And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: ²³save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. ²⁴But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. ²⁵And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, shall see my face no more. ²⁶Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. ²⁷For I shrank not from declaring unto you the whole counsel of God. ²⁸Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.