18. When they came, Paul said to them, “You know about my life from the first day I came to Asia. You know the way I lived all the time I was with you.
19. The Jews planned things against me, and this gave me much trouble. But you know that I always served the Lord, sometimes with tears. I never thought about myself first.
20. I always did what was best for you. I told you the Good News about Jesus in public before the people and also taught in your homes.
21. I told everyone—Jewish and non-Jewish people—to change and turn to God. I told them all to believe in our Lord Jesus.
22. “But now I must obey the Spirit and go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what will happen to me there.
23. I know only that in every city the Holy Spirit tells me that troubles and even jail wait for me.
24. I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.
25. “And now listen to me. I know that none of you will ever see me again. All the time I was with you, I told you the Good News about God’s kingdom.