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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.
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For I havenot*shunned to declare unto youall the counsel of God.
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Take heedtherefore unto yourselves,and to all the flock,over the which the HolyGhost hath madeyouoverseers, to feed the church of God,which he hath purchasedwith his ownblood.
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ForIknowthis,thataftermydeparting shall grievouswolves enter inamongyou,notsparing the flock.
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Alsoofyour own selvesshallmenarise, speaking perverse things, to draw awaydisciplesafterthem.
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Thereforewatch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceasednot to warneveryonenightanddaywithtears.