¹⁷Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church. ¹⁸When they came to him, he said to them, “You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,^g ¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and during the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.^h ²⁰You know that I did not hesitate to proclaim anything to you that was profitable and to teach you publicly and from house to house. ²¹I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward Godⁱ and faith in our Lord Jesus.^j

²²“And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, compelled by the Spirit,^A not knowing what I will encounter there,^k ²³except that in every town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.^l ²⁴But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course^B and the ministry^m I received from the Lord Jesus,ⁿ to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

²⁵“And now I know that none of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will ever see me again. ²⁶Therefore I declare to you this day that I am innocent^C of the blood of all of you,^o ²⁷because I did not avoid declaring to you the whole plan of God.^p ²⁸Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock^q of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers,^r to shepherd the church of God,^D which he purchased with his own blood.^s

Read in Logos

Acts 20:24: But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Footnotes

AOr in my spirit
BOther add with joy
C clean
DSome read church of the Lord; other read church of the Lord and God

Cross references

g Ac 18:19; 19:1,10
h Ac 20:3,27
i Mk 1:15; Ac 2:38; 18:5
j Ac 24:24; 26:18; Eph 1:15; Col 2:5; Phm 5
k Ac 17:16; 20:16
l Ac 9:16; 21:4,11; 1Th 3:3
m Ac 1:17; 21:13; 2Co 4:1; 2Tm 4:7
n Gl 1:1; Ti 1:3
o Ac 18:6; 20:38; 28:31
p Lk 7:30; Ac 20:20; Eph 1:11
q Lk 12:32; Jn 10:16; 1Co 9:7; 1Pt 5:2–3
r Php 1:1; 1Tm 3:2; Ti 1:7; 1Pt 2:25
s Eph 1:7,14; Heb 9:12; 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:9