¹³ Greet Rufus, ^(A)chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Greeting the Elect Lady

¹ The Elder,

To the ^[a]elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known ^(A)the truth,

² older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

The King on a Cross^(A)

^21 (B)Then they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by, to bear His cross.

^16 (A)You did not choose Me, but I chose you and ^(B)appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father ^(C)in My name He may give you.

Stand Fast

¹³ But we are ^[a]bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God ^(A)from the beginning ^(B)chose you for salvation ^(C)through ^[b]sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

⁴ just as ^(A)He chose us in Him ^(B)before the foundation of the world, that we should ^(C)be holy and without blame before Him in love,

²⁷ Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her ^(A)to his own home.

³⁵ For whoever does the ^(A)will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”

^16 (A)So the last will be first, and the first last. ^(B)For^[a] many are called, but few chosen.”