25. And now, observe, I perceive that all of you, among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more.
26. Therefore I testify and protest to you on this [our parting] day that I am clean and innocent and not responsible for the blood of any of you.
27. For I never shrank or kept back or fell short from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God.
28. Take care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of God which He obtained for Himself [buying it and saving it for Himself] with His own blood.
29. I know that after I am gone, ferocious wolves will get in among you, not sparing the flock;
30. Even from among your own selves men will come to the front who, by saying perverse (distorted and corrupt) things, will endeavor to draw away the disciples after them [to their own party].
31. Therefore be always alert and on your guard, being mindful that for three years I never stopped night or day seriously to admonish and advise and exhort you one by one with tears.
32. And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God's set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).
33. I coveted no man's silver or gold or [costly] garments.
34. You yourselves know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs and those [of the persons] who were with me.
35. In everything I have pointed out to you [by example] that, by working diligently in this manner, we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, It is more blessed (makes one happier and more to be envied) to give than to receive.
36. Having spoken thus, he knelt down with them all and prayed.
37. And they all wept freely and threw their arms around Paul's neck and kissed him fervently and repeatedly,
38. Being especially distressed and sorrowful because he had stated that they were about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.