1 When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" trouble stopped|strong="G3973", Paul|strong="G3972" invited|strong="G3870" the|strong="G3588" Lord’s followers to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G1831" visit him|strong="G3870". After|strong="G3326" encouraging|strong="G3870" them|strong="G3870", he|strong="G2532" told them|strong="G3870" goodbye and|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831" for|strong="G1519" Macedonia|strong="G3109".
2 On|strong="G1519" his|strong="G0846" way|strong="G1330" through|strong="G1330" Macedonia he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2064" many|strong="G4183" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" encouragement for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" followers in|strong="G1519" various places. Then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" went|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" Greece|strong="G1671"
3 and|strong="G5037" stayed there|strong="G1096" three|strong="G5140" months|strong="G3376".
4 These|strong="G0846" men|strong="G0846" were|strong="G0846" traveling with|strong="G2532" him|strong="G0846": Sopater|strong="G4986", the|strong="G2532" son of|strong="G2532" Pyrrhus, from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G0846" of|strong="G2532" Berea; Aristarchus|strong="G0708" and|strong="G2532" Secundus|strong="G4580", from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G0846" of|strong="G2532" Thessalonica|strong="G2331"; Gaius|strong="G1050", from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G0846" of|strong="G2532" Derbe; Timothy|strong="G5095"; and|strong="G2532" two men|strong="G0846" from|strong="G2532" Asia|strong="G0774", Tychicus|strong="G5190" and|strong="G2532" Trophimus|strong="G5161".
5 These|strong="G3778" men|strong="G3778" went|strong="G4334" first, ahead|strong="G4281" of|strong="G1722" Paul. They|strong="G1161" waited for|strong="G1722" us|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" city of|strong="G1722" Troas|strong="G5174".
6 We|strong="G2249" sailed|strong="G1602" from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G0846" of|strong="G2250" Philippi|strong="G5375" after|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" Festival of|strong="G2250" Unleavened|strong="G0106" Bread. We|strong="G2249" met these|strong="G3588" men|strong="G3699" in|strong="G1519" Troas|strong="G5174" five|strong="G4002" days|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" and|strong="G2532" stayed|strong="G1304" there|strong="G3699" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250".
7 On|strong="G1722" Sunday we|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3588" met|strong="G4863" together|strong="G4863" to|strong="G3195" eat the|strong="G3588" Lord’s Supper. Paul|strong="G3972" talked to|strong="G3195" the|strong="G3588" group. Because|strong="G1722" he|strong="G0846" was|strong="G3588" planning to|strong="G3195" leave|strong="G1826" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G1887" day|strong="G1887", he|strong="G0846" continued talking|strong="G1256" until|strong="G3360" midnight|strong="G3317".
8 We|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" all|strong="G3588" together|strong="G4863" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G1510" room|strong="G5253" upstairs, and|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1510" were|strong="G1510" many|strong="G2425" lights in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" room|strong="G5253".
9 There|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" young|strong="G3494" man|strong="G5100" named|strong="G3686" Eutychus|strong="G2161" sitting|strong="G2516" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" window|strong="G2376". Paul|strong="G3972" continued talking|strong="G1256", and|strong="G2532" Eutychus|strong="G2161" became very|strong="G4183", very|strong="G4183" sleepy. Finally, he|strong="G2532" went to|strong="G1909" sleep|strong="G5258" and|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" out|strong="G0575" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" window|strong="G2376". He|strong="G2532" fell|strong="G4098" to|strong="G1909" the|strong="G3588" ground from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" third|strong="G5152" floor|strong="G5152". When|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G5100" went down|strong="G4098" and|strong="G2532" lifted|strong="G0142" him|strong="G2532" up|strong="G0142", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498".
10 Paul|strong="G3972" went|strong="G2597" down|strong="G2597" to|strong="G3004" where|strong="G1722" Eutychus was|strong="G1510", knelt down|strong="G2597" beside him|strong="G0846", and|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4843" his|strong="G0846" arms around|strong="G1968" him|strong="G0846". He|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" other|strong="G1161" believers, “Don’t|strong="G3361" worry. He|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" alive now|strong="G1161".”
11 Then|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G0305" went|strong="G1831" upstairs again|strong="G2532", broke|strong="G2806" off|strong="G1831" some|strong="G3588" pieces of|strong="G1909" bread|strong="G0740" and|strong="G2532" ate. He|strong="G2532" spoke to|strong="G1909" them|strong="G2425" a|strong="G3779" long|strong="G2425" time|strong="G1909". It|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" early morning when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" finished, and|strong="G2532" then|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" left|strong="G1831".
12 The|strong="G3588" Lord’s followers took|strong="G0071" Eutychus home|strong="G0071" alive|strong="G2198", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3588" greatly|strong="G3756" comforted|strong="G3870".
13 We|strong="G2249" went|strong="G4281" on|strong="G1909" ahead|strong="G4281" of|strong="G1909" Paul|strong="G3972" and|strong="G1161" sailed for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G0846" of|strong="G1909" Assos|strong="G0789", planning to|strong="G1909" meet him|strong="G0846" there|strong="G1564". This|strong="G3779" is|strong="G1510" what|strong="G3588" he|strong="G0846" told us|strong="G1909" to|strong="G1909" do|strong="G1510" because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" wanted to|strong="G1909" go|strong="G4281" by|strong="G1909" land|strong="G3978".
14 When|strong="G5613" he|strong="G0846" caught up|strong="G0353" with|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519" at|strong="G1519" Assos|strong="G0789", we|strong="G2249" took|strong="G0353" him|strong="G0846" on|strong="G1519" board|strong="G0353", and|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" all|strong="G3588" sailed to|strong="G1519" Mitylene|strong="G3412".
15 The|strong="G3588" next|strong="G2087" day, we|strong="G1161" sailed|strong="G0636" away from|strong="G2064" there|strong="G2547" and|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" place near|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" island of|strong="G1519" Chios|strong="G5508". Then|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3588" next|strong="G2087" day, we|strong="G1161" sailed|strong="G0636" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" island of|strong="G1519" Samos|strong="G4544". A|strong="G2192" day later, we|strong="G1161" came|strong="G2064" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G3588" city of|strong="G1519" Miletus|strong="G3399".
16 Paul|strong="G3972" had|strong="G1510" already decided|strong="G2919" not|strong="G3361" to|strong="G1519" stop|strong="G3361" at|strong="G1722" Ephesus|strong="G2181". He|strong="G0846" did|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3361" want to|strong="G1519" stay too long|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" Asia|strong="G0773". He|strong="G0846" was|strong="G1510" hurrying|strong="G4692" because|strong="G1063" he|strong="G0846" wanted to|strong="G1519" be|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" Jerusalem|strong="G2419" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3588" day|strong="G2250" of|strong="G2250" Pentecost|strong="G4005" if|strong="G1487" possible|strong="G1415".
17 In|strong="G1519" Miletus|strong="G3399" Paul sent|strong="G3992" a|strong="G3992" message back|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181", telling|strong="G3333" the|strong="G3588" elders|strong="G4245" of|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3588" church|strong="G1577" in|strong="G1519" Ephesus|strong="G2181" to|strong="G1519" come to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3992".
18 When|strong="G5613" they|strong="G0846" came|strong="G1096", Paul|strong="G0846" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G0846", “You|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1987" about|strong="G5613" my|strong="G3956" life from|strong="G0575" the|strong="G3956" first|strong="G4413" day|strong="G2250" I|strong="G3739" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" Asia|strong="G0773". You|strong="G5210" know|strong="G1987" the|strong="G3956" way|strong="G3956" I|strong="G3739" lived all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" time|strong="G5550" I|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3739" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G5210".
19 The|strong="G3956" Jews|strong="G2453" planned things|strong="G3956" against|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473", and|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" gave me|strong="G1473" much trouble. But|strong="G2532" you|strong="G1722" know that|strong="G3956" I|strong="G1473" always|strong="G3956" served|strong="G1398" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962", sometimes with|strong="G3326" tears|strong="G1144". I|strong="G1473" never thought about|strong="G1722" myself|strong="G1473" first.
20 I|strong="G2532" always did what|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" best for|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". I|strong="G2532" told|strong="G0312" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3588" Good News|strong="G0312" about|strong="G5613" Jesus|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2596" public|strong="G1219" before|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G3588" and|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" taught|strong="G1321" in|strong="G2596" your|strong="G2532" homes|strong="G3624".
21 I|strong="G1473" told everyone—Jewish|strong="G2453" and|strong="G2532" non-Jewish people|strong="G3588"—to|strong="G1519" change and|strong="G2532" turn to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316". I|strong="G1473" told them all|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" believe in|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424".
22 “But|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" must|strong="G3588" obey the|strong="G3588" Spirit|strong="G4151" and|strong="G2532" go|strong="G4198" to|strong="G1519" Jerusalem|strong="G2419". I|strong="G1473" don’t|strong="G3361" know|strong="G1492" what|strong="G3588" will|strong="G2532" happen|strong="G4876" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" there|strong="G1722".
23 I|strong="G1473" know only|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" in|strong="G2596" every|strong="G2596" city|strong="G4172" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" tells me|strong="G3004" that|strong="G3754" troubles|strong="G2347" and|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" jail wait for|strong="G3754" me|strong="G3004".
24 I|strong="G1473" don’t care about|strong="G5613" my|strong="G3739" own|strong="G1683" life|strong="G5590". The|strong="G3588" most important thing|strong="G3056" is|strong="G2316" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" finish|strong="G5048" my|strong="G3739" work|strong="G5485". I|strong="G1473" want to|strong="G2532" finish|strong="G5048" the|strong="G3588" work|strong="G5485" that|strong="G3739" the|strong="G3588" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424" gave|strong="G4160" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160"—to|strong="G2532" tell people|strong="G5590" the|strong="G3588" Good|strong="G2098" News|strong="G3056" about|strong="G5613" God’s|strong="G2316" grace|strong="G5485".
25 “And|strong="G2532" now|strong="G3568" listen|strong="G2400" to|strong="G2532" me|strong="G1473". I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" none|strong="G3765" of|strong="G0932" you|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3739" ever see|strong="G3708" me|strong="G1473" again|strong="G3765". All|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" time|strong="G3568" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3739" with|strong="G1722" you|strong="G5210", I|strong="G1473" told you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3956" Good News about|strong="G1722" God’s kingdom|strong="G0932".
26 So|strong="G3754" today|strong="G4594" I|strong="G3754" can tell you|strong="G5210" one|strong="G3588" thing that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G3754" am|strong="G1510" sure of|strong="G2250": God will|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" blame me if|strong="G3748" some|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G1510" saved.
27 I|strong="G3956" can say this|strong="G3588" because|strong="G1063" I|strong="G3956" know that|strong="G3956" I|strong="G3956" told|strong="G0312" you|strong="G5210" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316" wants you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G3956" know.
28 Be|strong="G2532" careful|strong="G4337" for|strong="G1223" yourselves|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" given you|strong="G5210". The|strong="G3956" Holy|strong="G0040" Spirit|strong="G4151" gave you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3956" work of|strong="G4151" caring|strong="G4165" for|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3588" flock|strong="G4168". You|strong="G5210" must|strong="G3588" be|strong="G2532" shepherds to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3956" church|strong="G1577" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956" he|strong="G2532" bought with|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" own|strong="G2398" blood|strong="G0129".
29 I|strong="G1473" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" after|strong="G3326" I|strong="G1473" leave, some|strong="G3588" men will|strong="G3748" come|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" your|strong="G1525" group. They|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3748" be|strong="G3326" like wild wolves|strong="G3074" and|strong="G4771" will|strong="G3748" try to|strong="G1519" destroy the|strong="G3588" flock|strong="G4168".
30 Also|strong="G2532", men|strong="G0435" from|strong="G1537" your|strong="G2532" own|strong="G1438" group will|strong="G2532" begin to|strong="G2532" teach things|strong="G0846" that|strong="G0846" are|strong="G3588" wrong. They|strong="G0846" will|strong="G2532" lead some|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" Lord’s followers away|strong="G1294" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3588" truth to|strong="G2532" follow|strong="G3694" them|strong="G0846".
31 So|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" careful! And|strong="G2532" always remember|strong="G3421" what|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" did during|strong="G3571" the|strong="G2532" three|strong="G5148" years|strong="G2250" I|strong="G2532" was|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" you|strong="G3754". I|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" stopped|strong="G3973" reminding each|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1520" of|strong="G2250" you|strong="G3754" how|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" should|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2250", counseling you|strong="G3754" day|strong="G2250" and|strong="G2532" night|strong="G3571" and|strong="G2532" crying over you|strong="G3754".
32 “Now|strong="G3568" I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1410" putting|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" in|strong="G1722" God’s|strong="G2316" care. I|strong="G2532" am|strong="G1410" depending on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G3956" message|strong="G3056" about|strong="G1722" his|strong="G0846" grace|strong="G5485" to|strong="G1410" make|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" strong. That|strong="G3956" message|strong="G3056" is|strong="G2316" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1410" give|strong="G1325" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G3956" blessings that|strong="G3956" God|strong="G2316" gives|strong="G1325" to|strong="G1410" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G0846" holy|strong="G0037" people|strong="G3956".
33 When I was|strong="G3762" with|strong="G2228" you|strong="G2228", I never|strong="G3762" wanted anyone’s|strong="G3762" money|strong="G0694" or|strong="G2228" fine clothes|strong="G2441".
34 You|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1097" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" always worked to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G1097" care of|strong="G5495" my|strong="G3754" own|strong="G0846" needs|strong="G5532" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G3588" needs|strong="G5532" of|strong="G5495" the|strong="G3588" people|strong="G0846" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" with|strong="G3326" me|strong="G1473".
35 I|strong="G3754" always|strong="G3956" showed|strong="G5263" you|strong="G5210" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G1163" work|strong="G2872" just|strong="G3779" as|strong="G0846" I|strong="G3754" did|strong="G1510" and|strong="G5037" help|strong="G0482" people|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" weak|strong="G0770". I|strong="G3754" taught you|strong="G5210" to|strong="G3004" remember|strong="G3421" the|strong="G3956" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" Lord|strong="G2962" Jesus|strong="G2424": ‘You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G1510" have|strong="G1510" a|strong="G2983" greater|strong="G3123" blessing when|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" give|strong="G1325" than|strong="G2228" when|strong="G1510" you|strong="G5210" receive|strong="G2983".’”
36 When|strong="G2532" Paul|strong="G0846" finished speaking|strong="G3004", he|strong="G2532" knelt down|strong="G5087", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G0846" all|strong="G3956" prayed|strong="G4336" together|strong="G4862".