¹⁸ When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you,^(A) from the first day I came into the province of Asia.^{(B) 19} I served the Lord with great humility and with tears^(C) and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.^{(D) 20} You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything^(E) that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. ²¹ I have declared to both Jews^(F) and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance^(G) and have faith in our Lord Jesus.^(H)

²² “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem,^(I) not knowing what will happen to me there. ²³ I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me^(J) that prison and hardships are facing me.^{(K) 24} However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;^(L) my only aim is to finish the race^(M) and complete the task^(N) the Lord Jesus has given me^(O)—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.^(P)