31. Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
32. “And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33. I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing!
34. You yourselves know that these hands served to meet my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
35. I have shown you with respect to all things that by working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
36. And when he had said these things, he fell to his knees and prayed with them all.
37. And there was considerable weeping by all, and hugging Paul, they kissed him,
38. especially distressed at the statement that he had said, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.