Acts 20:17-28

17But when we landed at Miletus, he sent a message to the elders of the church at Ephesus, asking them to come and meet him.

18When they arrived he declared, “You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now

19I have done the Lord’s work humbly and with many tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews.

20I never shrank back from telling you what you needed to hear, either publicly or in your homes.

21I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus.

22“And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what awaits me,

23except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead.

24But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.

25“And now I know that none of you to whom I have preached the Kingdom will ever see me again.

26I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault,

27for I didn’t shrink from declaring all that God wants you to know.

28“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.