Book of Common Prayer

³⁶ So therefore, let all the house of Israel know most certainly that God has made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

³⁷ When they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts and said to Peter and to the other apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

³⁸ Peter said to them, Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise was made to you and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God will call.

⁴⁰ And with many other words he bore witness and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation. ⁴¹ Then those who gladly received his preaching were baptized, and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.

⁴² And they continued in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer. ⁴³ And fear came over every soul. And many wonders and signs were shown by the apostles. ⁴⁴ And all who believed kept themselves together, and had all things in common, ⁴⁵ and sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, as anyone had need. ⁴⁶ And they continued daily with one accord in the temple, and broke bread in every house, and ate their food together, with gladness and singleness of heart praising God, ⁴⁷ and had favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the congregation daily such as were to be saved.

¹⁵ If you love me, keep my commandments. ¹⁶ And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, so that he may be with you forever, ¹⁷ which is the Spirit of Truth – whom the world cannot receive, because the world neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him. For he dwells with you and shall be in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you comfortless, but will come to you.

¹⁹ Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more. But you will see me. For I live, and you will live. ²⁰ That day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

²¹ He who has my commandments and keeps them, that is he who loves me. And he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will show my own self to him.

²² Judas said to him (not Judas Iscariot), Lord, what is the reason that you will show yourself to us, and not to the world?

²³ Jesus answered and said to him, If a person loves me and will keep my sayings, my Father also will love him, and we will come to him and will dwell with him. ²⁴ He who does not love me does not keep my sayings. And the words that you hear are not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

²⁵ This I have spoken to you being yet present with you. ²⁶ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit (whom my Father will send in my name), he will teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have told you.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, and do not fear. ²⁸ You have heard how I said to you, I am going away and coming again to you. If you loved me, you would indeed rejoice because I said I am going to the Father. For the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And now I have told you before it comes, so that when it has come to pass, you may believe.

³⁰ Hereafter I will not speak many words to you. For the ruler of this world comes. And he has nothing in me, ³¹ but so that the world may know that I love the Father, therefore as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.  Arise, let us go from here.