16. Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus in order not to lose time in the province of Asia, for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if at all possible, for the day of Pentecost.
17. From Miletus he had the presbyters of the church at Ephesus summoned.
18. When they came to him, he addressed them, “You know how I lived among you the whole time from the day I first came to the province of Asia.
19. I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came to me because of the plots of the Jews,
20. and I did not at all shrink from telling you what was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public or in your homes.