And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.

The servant

If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, him my Father will honor.

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is holiness and its end, eternal life.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: greetings.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Preserved

And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name the name you gave me that they may be one, even as we are one.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

who are protected by God's power through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

And called

And those whom he predestined, he also called; those whom he called, he also justified; and those whom he justified, he also glorified.

even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only, but also from the Gentiles?

to live a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you.