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testifying both to the Jews and also to the Gentiles, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And now, behold, I go bound of the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there,
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except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that prisons and tribulations await me.
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But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear unto myself, only 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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Therefore I take you to record this day that I
am pure from the blood of everyone.
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For I have not refrained from declaring unto you the full counsel of God.
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Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to feed the
congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.
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For I know this, that after my departing, grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Also from among your own selves, men shall arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after themselves.
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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.