Acts 20:21-30

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.

29I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.

30Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following.