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and when they were come unto him, he said to them, `Ye -- ye know from the first day in which I came to Asia, how, with you at all times I was;
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serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against [me];
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how nothing I did keep back of what things are profitable, not to declare to you, and to teach you publicly, and in every house,
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testifying fully both to Jews and Greeks, toward God reformation, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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`And now, lo, I -- bound in the Spirit -- go on to Jerusalem, the things that shall befall me in it not knowing,
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save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;
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but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.
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`And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, -- ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;
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wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I [am] clear from the blood of all,
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for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.
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`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,