And they pressed into service a certain [man] [that was] passing by [named] Simon, a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming from the country, that he might carry His cross.

"Thus the last shall be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few [are] chosen."

You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you may ask the Father in My name He may give to you.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him in love,

But we are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,

THE ELDER, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have come to know the truth,

And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold; My mother, and My brothers!

For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother."

For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother."

Then He said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And from that hour that disciple took her into his own [care].

older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.