Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders
17Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called ithe elders of the church to come to him. 18And when they came to him, he said to them:
j“You yourselves know khow I lived among you the whole time jfrom the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19lserving the Lord mwith all humility and with ntears and with trials that happened to me through othe plots of the Jews; 20how I pdid not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and qteaching you in public and from house to house, 21rtestifying both to Jews and to Greeks of srepentance toward God and of tfaith in our Lord Jesus Christ.3 22And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained uby4 the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, 23except that vthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that wimprisonment and xafflictions await me. 24But yI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only zI may finish my course and athe ministry bthat I received from the Lord Jesus, cto testify to dthe gospel of ethe grace of God.
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Acts 20:17–24 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 35:15 • ID: 2456
For the Sake of the Gospel, Volume 1
Acts 19:1–41, Acts 20:1–38, Acts 21:1–40, Acts 22:1–30 Series • ID: 25204Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.