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Acts 20:13-38 — Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

Acts.20.13-38

¹³But we, having gone ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way, since he himself was going by land. ¹⁴When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and came to Mitylene. ¹⁵Sailing from there, we reached a point opposite Chios the next day, touched at Samos on the following day, and came to Miletus the day after that. ¹⁶For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not spend time in Asia, because he was hurrying, if possible, to be in Jerusalem by the day of Pentecost. ¹⁷From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church. ¹⁸When they came to him, he said to them: "You know how I lived among you the whole time, from the first day I set foot in Asia, ¹⁹serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews, ²⁰how I did not shrink back from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and from teaching you in public and from house to house, ²¹testifying both to Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus . ²²And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, bound in spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that chains and afflictions await me. ²⁴But I do not account my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. ²⁵And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I went about preaching the kingdom will see my face again. ²⁶Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all. ²⁷For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. ²⁸Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God , which he obtained with his own blood. ²⁹I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. ³⁰And from among your own selves men will arise, speaking twisted things in order to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹Therefore stay alert, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. ³²And now I entrust you to the Lord and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you the inheritance among all who have been sanctified. ³³I coveted no one's silver or gold or clothing. ³⁴You yourselves know that these hands served my needs and the needs of those who were with me. ³⁵In everything I showed you that by laboring in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" ³⁶When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed. ³⁷And there was much weeping among them all, and they embraced Paul and kissed him affectionately, ³⁸being especially grieved over what he had said, that they would not see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.

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4/11/2026

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