Acts:20:19-31
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Serving the Lord with all humility of mind ,
and with many tears ,
and temptations ,
which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews :
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And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you ,
but have shewed you ,
and have taught you publickly ,
and from house to house ,
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Testifying both to the Jews ,
and also to the Greeks ,
repentance toward God ,
and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ .
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And now ,
behold ,
I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem ,
not knowing the things that shall befall me there :
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Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city ,
saying that bonds and afflictions abide me .
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But none of these things move me ,
neither count I my life dear unto myself ,
so that I might finish my course with joy ,
and the ministry ,
which I have received of the Lord Jesus ,
to testify the gospel of the grace of God .
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And now ,
behold ,
I know that ye all ,
among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God ,
shall see my face no more .
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Wherefore I take you to record this day ,
that I am pure from the blood of all men .
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For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God .
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Take heed therefore unto yourselves ,
and to all the flock ,
over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers ,
to feed the church of God ,
which he hath purchased with his own blood .
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For I know this ,
that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you ,
not sparing the flock .
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Also of your own selves shall men arise ,
speaking perverse things ,
to draw away disciples after them .
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Therefore watch ,
and remember ,
that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears .