Acts 20:17-24

17From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.

18And when they had come to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you,

19serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews;

20how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,

21testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

22And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,

23except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

24But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.