Acts 20:17-24

17From Miletus he sent to 1Ephesus and called to him 2the elders of the church. 18And when they had come to him, he said to them,

“You yourselves know, 3from the first day that I set foot in 4Asia, how I was with you the whole time, 19serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me 5through 6the plots of the Jews; 20how I 7did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and 8from house to house, 21solemnly 9testifying to both Jews and Greeks of 10repentance toward God and 11faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 22And now, behold, bound by the 12Spirit, 13I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23except that 14the Holy Spirit solemnly 15testifies to me in every city, saying that 16bonds and afflictions await me. 24But 17I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may 18finish my course and 19the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to 20testify solemnly of the gospel of 21the grace of God.