Acts 20:18–35

¹⁸and when they were come unto him, he said to them, ‘Ye—ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was; ¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against me; ²⁰how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house, ²¹testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

²²‘And now, lo, I—bound in the Spirit—go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing, ²³save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain; ²⁴but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

²⁵‘And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face,—ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God; ²⁶wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all, ²⁷for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

²⁸‘Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood, ²⁹for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock, ³⁰and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

³¹‘Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one; ³²and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

³³‘The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet; ³⁴and ye yourselves know that to my necessities, and to those who were with me, minister did these hands; ³⁵all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth us to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.’