Acts 20:17-24

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Farewell Address to the Ephesian Elders

¹⁷ Now from Miletus, he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. ¹⁸ And when 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^(A)— ¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews^(B)— ²⁰ and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house. ²¹ I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God^(C) and faith in our Lord Jesus.^(D)

²² “And now I am on my way to Jerusalem, bound in my spirit,^[a] not knowing what I will encounter there,^{(E) 23} except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.^{(F) 24} But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course^[b] and the ministry^(G) I received from the Lord Jesus,^(H) to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.