al me: (23)only this, that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every
city, saying, that bonds and tribulation await thee. (24)Yet I make no
account of any _suffering_, nor regard my life as of any value to
myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the
ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel
of the grace of God. (25)And now behold, I know that ye shall see my
face no more, even ye all, among whom I have gone in and out preaching
the kingdom of God. (26)Wherefore I appeal to you this day as witnesses
that I am pure from the blood of all men. (27)For I have concealed
nothing, so as not repeatedly to declare to you the whole counsel of
God. (28)Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over
which the Holy Ghost hath made you bishops, to feed as shepherds the
church of God, which he purchased with his own blood. (29)For this I
know, that after my departure there will come among you grievous
wolves, not sparing the flock: (30)Yea, from among yourselves shall men
arise, speaking perverting doctrines, to draw away disciples after
them. (31)Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, by night
and by day, I have never ceased with tears to admonish every
individual. (32)And now, brethren, I commit you to God and to the word
of his grace, which is able to finish the superstructure, and to give
you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (33)The silver,
or gold, or apparel of no man have I coveted: (34)but ye yourselves
know that these hands have by labour furnished necessaries for my own
wants, and for those who were with me. (35)In all things I have set you
the example, that so labouring hard ye ought to help the infirm, and to
remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he himself said, "It is
more blessed to give than to receive."

(36)And when he had spoken these things, he fell on his knees, and
prayed with them all. (37)And all of them shed floods of tears, and
fell upon Paul's neck, and kissed him again and again, (38)most
peculiarly afflicted at that word which he had spoken, that they should
see his face no more: and they accompanied him unto the ship.

CHAP. XXI.

AND tearing ourselves away from them, when we had set sail, we came in
a direct course to Coos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from thence
to Patara. (2)And finding a ship passing over to Phenice, we went on
board and set sail: (3)and coming in sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on