Act 20:17-28 | ESV | STEP | Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him.

Acts 20:17-28

Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders

17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called ^athe elders of the church to come to him. 18 And when they came to him, he said to them:

^b“You yourselves know ^chow I lived among you the whole time ^dfrom the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19 ^eserving the Lord ^fwith all humility and with ^gtears and with trials that happened to me through ^hthe plots of the Jews; 20 how I ⁱdid not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and ^jteaching you in public and from house to house, 21 ^ktestifying both to Jews and to Greeks of ^lrepentance toward God and of ^mfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained ⁿby ^{▼▼Or bound in} the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that ^pthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that ^qimprisonment and ^rafflictions await me. 24 But ^sI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only ^tI may finish my course and ^uthe ministry ^vthat I received from the Lord Jesus, ^wto testify to ^xthe gospel of ^ythe grace of God. 25 And now, behold, ^zI know that none of you among whom I have gone about ^aaproclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26 Therefore ^abI testify to you this day that ^acI am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for ^adI did not shrink from declaring to you ^aethe whole counsel of God. 28 ^afPay careful attention to yourselves and to all ^agthe flock, in which ^ahthe Holy Spirit has made you ^aioverseers, ^ajto care for ^akthe church of God, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord} which he ^amobtained ^anwith his own blood. ^{▼▼Or with the blood of his Own}