Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”

If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

“I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.

My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.

They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son; today I have fathered you.’

After they stopped speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.

When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar – not that I had some charge to bring against my own people.

I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit –

Greet Herodion, my compatriot. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

For members of Chloe’s household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you.

Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.

I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.