Book of Common Prayer

¹² You are chosen by God. He loves you and has made you holy. So then, care for one another. Be kind. Do not be proud. Be humble. Be patient.

¹³ Be patient with one another. If any one has a complaint against another, forgive that one. Christ forgave you. So you should forgive each other.

¹⁴ Beside all these, you must have love. This joins everything together as it should be.

¹⁵ Hold on to the peace of God which is in your hearts. You were called to have peace because you are all like one body. Be thankful.

¹⁶ Let your hearts be filled with the word of Christ. Be very wise when you teach people and help them to understand what is right and wrong. Sing with music. Sing praises and Christian songs. Sing to the Lord with praise in your hearts.

¹⁷ Whatever you say, or whatever you do, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. Give thanks to God the Father through Jesus.

⁴¹ The leaders of the Jews did not like Jesus to say, `I am the bread that has come down from heaven.'

⁴² They said, `Is he not Joseph's son, Jesus? We know his father and mother. How can he say, "I have come down from heaven"?'

⁴³ Jesus answered them, `There is no need for you to talk against me to each other.

⁴⁴ No one can come to me if my Father does not draw him. He sent me. I myself will raise up the one who comes to me. I will bring him back to life on the last day.

⁴⁵ The prophets wrote, "God will teach all people." So then, every person who listens to his words and learns what he says, he will come to me.

⁴⁶ `But no person has seen my Father. The only one who has seen him is the one who comes from God. He has seen my Father.

⁴⁷ I tell you the truth. The person who believes in me will live for ever.