When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, 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, the Father will honor him.

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

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus,

called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your

benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.

For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes who are

dispersed abroad: Greetings.

Simon Peter, a bond-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

This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.

and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will

bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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

And called

and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.

even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.

so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation

through sanctification by the Spirit and faith 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 grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of 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, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.