TSK · John 17:11

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

The name of the LORD is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

(64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!

But I refrained from doing so, and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Persecution of Disciples“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand.

Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

The World’s Hatred“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”

that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.

For the scripture says to Pharaoh:“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.”

Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

Different Members in One Body For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body– though many– are one body, so too is Christ.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling,

The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct,

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”