Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.

Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.

Acts 20:26-28 King James Version (KJV) Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare ...

26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.

Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

Paul is in Miletus, speaking with the elders of the church of Ephesus. He has just told them he will soon be imprisoned in Jerusalem and never see them again.

26 ThereforeI testify to you this day thatI am innocent of the blood of all, 27 forI did not shrink from declaring to youthe whole counsel of God.

This sermon stresses the importance of and the characteristics of spiritual leadership so that we will mature and not be described as Ephesians 4:14 & 15.

26 Therefore hI testify to you this day that iI am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for jI did not shrink from declaring to you kthe whole counsel of God.