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ForPaul had determined to sail byEphesus,becausehewouldnot spend the timeinAsia:for he hasted, if it werepossible for him, to beatJerusalem the day of Pentecost.
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AndfromMiletus he senttoEphesus, and called the elders of the church.
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Andwhen they were cometohim, he said unto them,Yeknow, from the firstdaythatIcameintoAsia, after what manner I have beenwithyou at allseasons,
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Serving the Lordwithall humility of mind,and with manytears,andtemptations,whichbefellmeby the lying in wait of the Jews:
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And how I kept backnothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewedyou,and have taughtyoupublickly,andfrom house to house,
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Testifyingboth to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,repentancetowardGod,andfaithtowardourLordJesusChrist.
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Andnow,behold, Igobound in the spirituntoJerusalem,notknowing the things that shall befallmethere*:
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Savethat the HolyGhostwitnesseth in everycity,sayingthatbondsandafflictionsabideme.[a]
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Butnone of these things move me, neither count Imylifedear unto myself,so that I might finishmycoursewithjoy,and the ministry,which I have receivedof the LordJesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
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Andnow,behold, Iknowthatyeall,amongwhom I have gonepreaching the kingdom of God, shall seemyface no more.
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Wherefore I takeyou to recordthis*day,thatI am purefrom the blood of all men.