Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Peter Suggests That According To Scripture, Judas Should Be Replaced

¹⁵ And during these days, Peter, having stood up in the midst of the brothers (and the crowd of names at the same place was about one-hundred twenty), said, ¹⁶ “Men, brothers, the Scripture had-to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke-beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas, the one having become a guide for the ones having arrested Jesus, ¹⁷ because^[a] he was numbered among us, and received his share of this ministry”.

²¹ Therefore, from the men having accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us, ²² beginning from the baptism of John until the day that He was taken-up from us— one of these must become a witness of His resurrection with us”.

Matthias Is Chosen

²³ And they put-forward two: Joseph (the one being called Barsabbas, who was called Justus), and Matthias. ²⁴ And having prayed, they said, “You, Lord, heart-knower of all— appoint^[a] the one whom You chose from these two ²⁵ to take the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned-aside to go to his own place”. ²⁶ And they gave lots for them. And the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was added with the eleven apostles.

⁹ If we receive the testimony of humans, the testimony of God is greater!

Because God Himself Has Testified That He Has Given Us Eternal Life In His Son

Because^[a] this is the testimony of God: that^[b] He has testified about His Son! ¹⁰ The one believing in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. The one not believing God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified about His Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony^[c]: that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. ¹² The one having the Son has the life. The one not having the Son of God does not have the life.

I Wrote These Things That You May Know You Have Eternal Life

¹³ I wrote these^[d] things to you, the ones believing in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life.

I Have Revealed Your Name To The Men You Gave Me. Keep Them In Your Name

⁶ “I revealed Your name to the men whom You gave to Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me. And they have kept Your word. ⁷ They have now come-to-know that all^[a] things that You have given to Me are from You— ⁸ because I have given them the words which You gave to Me, and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from You, and believed that You sent Me forth. ⁹ I am praying^[b] for them. I am not praying for the world, but for the ones whom You have given to Me— because they are Yours; ¹⁰ indeed all^[c] My things are Yours, and Yours, Mine^[d]. And I have been glorified in them. ¹¹ And I am^[e] no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep^[f] them in^[g] Your name which You have given to Me, in order that they may be one, just as We are. ¹² When I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given to Me. And I guarded them, and none of them perished— except the son of ^[h] destruction, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I am coming to You. And I am speaking these things in the world so that they may have My joy made-full in themselves.

I Have Given Them Your Word. Set Them Apart In The Truth, Which Is Your Word

¹⁴ “I have given them Your word, and the world hated them— because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I am not praying that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the^[i] evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world— ¹⁷ set them apart^[j] in^[k] the truth. Your word is truth. ¹⁸ Just as You sent Me forth into the world, I also sent them forth into the world. ¹⁹ And I am setting apart Myself for them, in order that they may also be set apart in truth.