Paul's Farewell Address - Acts 20:17-24 & 32-38; 21:17-19
In this passage from the book of Acts, Paul addresses the elders from Ephesus, reflecting on his time serving the Lord with humility and dedication. He expresses his commitment to spreading the gospel and his readiness to face challenges ahead, emphasizing the importance of faith and perseverance in fulfilling his mission.
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ACTS ACTS DIG SITE 15 DIG SITE 15 Acts 20:17-24 & 32-38; 21:17-19
From *Miletus, Paul sent to *Ephesus for the elders of the church.
You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. When they arrived, he said to them:*
I served the Lord with great *humility and with *tears, although I was severely tested by the *plots of the Jews.
You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from *house to house.
I have declared to both *Jews and *Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our *Lord Jesus.
And now, compelled by the *Spirit, I am going to *Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that *prison and hardships are facing me.
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the *race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me the task of *testifying to the gospel of God s grace.
Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an *inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
I have not coveted anyones silver or gold or clothing. You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.
In everything I did, I In everything I did, I showed you that by this showed you that by this kind of kind of hard hard work we must help the weak, must help the weak, remembering the words remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself the Lord Jesus himself said: It is more blessed said: It is more blessed to give than to receive. to give than to receive. work we
When he had said When he had said this, he knelt down this, he knelt down with all of them with all of them and prayed. and prayed.
They all wept as they embraced him and kissed They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. him.What grieved them most was his statement that What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again. they would never see his face again.
Then they accompanied him to the ship. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
When we arrived at *Jerusalem, the brothers received us *warmly.
The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see *James, and all the *elders were present.
Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
