Acts 15: 1-2, 22- 29
15:1 And certain ones, descending from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
15:2 Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas made no small uprising against them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas, and some from the opposing side, should go up to the Apostles and priests in Jerusalem concerning this question.
| 15:22 | Then it pleased the Apostles and elders, with the whole Church, to choose men from among them, and to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, and Judas, who was surnamed Barsabbas, and Silas, preeminent men among the brothers, |
| 15:23 | what was written by their own hands: “The Apostles and elders, brothers, to those who are at Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, brothers from the Gentiles, greetings. |
| 15:24 | Since we have heard that some, going out from among us, have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, to whom we gave no commandment, |
| 15:25 | it pleased us, being assembled as one, to choose men and to send them to you, with our most beloved Barnabas and Paul: |
| 15:26 | men who have handed over their lives on behalf of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 15:27 | Therefore, we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will, with the spoken word, reaffirm to you the same things. |
| 15:28 | For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose no further burden upon you, other than these necessary things: |
| 15:29 | that you abstain from things immolated to idols, and from blood, and from what has been suffocated, and from fornication. You will do well to keep yourselves from these things. Farewell.” |
Revelation 21: 10- 14, 22- 23
21:10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
21:11 having the glory of God. And its light was like that of a precious stone, even like that of the jasper stone or like crystal.
21:12 And it had a wall, great and high, having twelve gates. And at the gates were twelve Angels. And names were written upon them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
21:13 On the East were three gates, and on the North were three gates, and on the South were three gates, and on the West were three gates.
21:14 And the wall of the City had twelve foundations. And upon them were the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
21:22 And I saw no temple in it. For the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.
21:23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine in it. For the glory of God has illuminated it, and the Lamb is its lamp.
John 14: 23- 29
14:23 Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.
14:24 Whoever does not love me, does not keep not my words. And the word that you have heard is not of me, but it is of the Father who sent me.
14:25 These things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you.
14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.
14:27 Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
14:28 You have heard that I said to you: I am going away, and I am returning to you. If you loved me, certainly you would be gladdened, because I am going to the Father. For the Father is greater than I.
14:29 And now I have told you this, before it happens, so that, when it will happen, you may believe.