Acts 20:24-21:5
New International Version
24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;(A) my only aim is to finish the race(B) and complete the task(C) the Lord Jesus has given me(D)—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.(E)
25 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom(F) will ever see me again.(G) 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(H) 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(I) 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(J) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(K) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](L) which he bought(M) with his own blood.[b](N) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(O) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(P) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(Q) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(R) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(S)
32 “Now I commit you to God(T) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance(U) among all those who are sanctified.(V) 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.(W) 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(X) 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.(Y) 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.(Z) 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again.(AA) Then they accompanied him to the ship.(AB)
On to Jerusalem
21 After we(AC) had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,(AD) went on board and set sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(AE) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4 We sought out the disciples(AF) there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit(AG) they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(AH)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
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