Acts 20:21–38

^21rtestifying both to Jews and to Greeks of ^srepentance toward God and of ^tfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ.^{3 22}And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained ^uby⁴ the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³except that ^vthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that ^wimprisonment and ^xafflictions await me. ²⁴But ^yI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only ^zI may finish my course and ^athe ministry ^bthat I received from the Lord Jesus, ^cto testify to ^dthe gospel of ^ethe grace of God. ²⁵And now, behold, ^fI know that none of you among whom I have gone about ^gproclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. ²⁶Therefore ^hI testify to you this day that ⁱI am innocent of the blood of all, ²⁷for ^jI did not shrink from declaring to you ^kthe whole counsel of God. ^28lPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^mthe flock, in which ⁿthe Holy Spirit has made you ^ooverseers, ^pto care for ^qthe church of God,⁵ which he ^robtained ^swith his own blood.^{6 29}I ^rknow that after my departure ^tfierce wolves will come in among you, ^unot sparing the flock; ³⁰and ^vfrom among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹Therefore ^wbe alert, remembering that ^xfor three years I did not cease night or day ^yto admonish every one ^zwith tears. ³²And now ^aI commend you to God and to ^bthe word of his grace, which is able to ^cbuild you up and to give you ^dthe inheritance among all those who are sanctified. ^33eI coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. ^34fYou yourselves know that ^gthese hands ministered to my necessities and ^hto those who were with me. ³⁵In all things ⁱI have shown you that ^jby working hard in this way we must ^khelp the weak and ^lremember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed ^mto give than to receive.’ ”

³⁶And when he had said these things, ⁿhe knelt down and prayed with them all. ³⁷And ^othere was much weeping on the part of all; ^pthey embraced Paul and ^pkissed him, ³⁸being sorrowful most of all because of ^qthe word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And ^rthey accompanied him to the ship.