Book of Common Prayer

Jesus Finds Philip, Who Finds Nathanael. They Follow The Son of God, The King of Israel

⁴³ On the next day He wanted^[a] to go forth to Galilee. And He finds Philip. And Jesus says to him, “Be following Me”. ⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵ Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the One of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the Prophets wrote— Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth”. ⁴⁶ And Nathanael said to him, “Is anything good able to be out of Nazareth?” Philip says to him, “Come and see”. ⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and says about him, “Look— truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit”. ⁴⁸ Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus responded and said to him, “Before Philip called you, while being^[b] under the fig tree, I saw you”. ⁴⁹ Nathanael responded to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel”. ⁵⁰ Jesus responded and said to him, “Do^[c] you believe because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these!” ⁵¹ And He says to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you^[d] all, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man”.

So Elders, Lead By Example

5 Therefore^[a] I exhort the elders among you, I the fellow-elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, the sharer^[b] also of the glory going-to be revealed: ² Shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising-oversight— not by-compulsion^[c], but willingly^[d], according to God; nor greedily, but eagerly; ³ nor as lording-over^[e] your lots^[f], but being patterns for the flock. ⁴ And the Chief-shepherd having appeared, you will receive the unfading crown of ^[g] glory.

Young Men, Follow

⁵ Likewise, younger men— be subject to the^[h] elders.

Everyone, Be Humble And Keep Watch For The Adversary

And everyone— clothe-yourselves-with humblemindedness toward one another. Because “God opposes the proud, but He gives grace to the humble” [Prov 3:34]. ⁶ Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God in order that He may exalt you at the proper-time, ⁷ having cast all your anxiety^[i] upon Him, because He is concerned^[j] about you. ⁸ Be sober, keep-watch. Your adversary the devil is walking-around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour— ⁹ whom resist, firm in the^[k] faith, knowing that the same kinds of sufferings are being accomplished^[l] by your brotherhood in the world.

And The God of All Grace Will Establish You After Your Sufferings

¹⁰ And the God of all grace, the One having called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus— you having suffered a little— will Himself restore, support, strengthen, establish you. ¹¹ To Him be the dominion forever, amen.