You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.

And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Then he said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”

“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.

Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever –

I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.

“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another’s faith, both yours and mine.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires,

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you,

I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

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

Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?