⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(A)testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, “^[a]Be saved from this ^(B)perverse generation!”

An Ethiopian Receives Christ

²⁵ So, when they had solemnly ^(A)testified and spoken ^(B)the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were ^(C)preaching the gospel to many villages of the ^(D)Samaritans.

⁴² And He ^(A)ordered us to ^[a]preach to the people, and solemnly to ^(B)testify that this is the One who has been ^(C)appointed by God as ^(D)Judge of the living and the dead.

⁵ But when ^(A)Silas and Timothy ^(B)came down from ^(C)Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly ^(D)testifying to the Jews that ^(E)Jesus was the ^[a]Christ.

²¹ solemnly ^(A)testifying to both Jews and Greeks of ^(B)repentance toward God and ^(C)faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. ²² And now, behold, bound by the ^[a]Spirit, ^(D)I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³ except that ^(E)the Holy Spirit solemnly ^(F)testifies to me in every city, saying that ^(G)bonds and afflictions await me. ²⁴ But ^(H)I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may ^(I)finish my course and ^(J)the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to ^(K)testify solemnly of the gospel of ^(L)the grace of God.

²⁵ “And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about ^(M)preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. ²⁶ Therefore, I ^[b]testify to you this day that ^(N)I am ^[c]innocent of the blood of all men. ²⁷ For I ^(O)did not shrink from declaring to you the whole ^(P)purpose of God. ²⁸ Be on guard for yourselves and for all ^(Q)the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you ^[d]overseers, to shepherd ^(R)the church of God which ^(S)He ^[e]purchased ^[f]with His own blood. ²⁹ I know that after my departure ^(T)savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing ^(U)the flock; ³⁰ and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away ^(V)the disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of ^(W)three years I did not cease to admonish each one ^(X)with tears. ³² And now I ^(Y)commend you to God and to ^(Z)the word of His grace, which is able to ^(AA)build you up and to give you ^(AB)the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. ^33 (AC)I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes. ³⁴ You yourselves know that ^(AD)these hands ministered to my own needs and to the ^(AE)men who were with me. ³⁵ In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

³⁶ When he had said these things, he ^(AF)knelt down and prayed with them all. ³⁷ And ^[g]they began to weep aloud and ^[h](AG)embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, ^38 [i]grieving especially over ^(AH)the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were ^(AI)accompanying him to the ship.

¹¹ But on ^(A)the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, “^(B)Take courage; for ^(C)as you have ^(D)solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also.”

²³ When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at ^(A)his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly ^(B)testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, ^(C)from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

³ And I ^(A)testify again to every man who receives ^(B)circumcision, that he is under obligation to ^(C)keep the whole Law.

The Christian’s Walk

^17 (A)So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, ^(B)that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the ^(C)futility of their mind,