This document provides excerpts from scripture readings for the Fifth Sunday after Easter, including passages from John, Acts, Psalms, and 1 Peter. It also summarizes Paul's speech to the Athenians where he references their altar to an unknown god and proclaims that God is not confined to human structures but commands all people to repent. The document concludes with photo credits for images included in the lesson.

2. LESSONS
Fifth Sunday after Easter
John 14:15-21
Acts 17:22-31
Psalm 66:8-20
1 Peter 3:13-22

3. If you love me,
you will keep my commandments.

4. You know him,
because he
abides with you,
and he will be
in you.

5. I am coming to you.
In a little while the world will no longer see me,
but you will see me;
because I live, you also will live.

6. On that day
you will know that
I am in my Father,
and you in me,
and I in you.

7. Then Paul stood in front
of the Areopagus and said,
"Athenians, I see how extremely religious
you are in every way.

8. I found
among them
an altar with
the inscription,
“To an unknown god.”

9. The God who made the world
and everything in it,
he who is Lord of heaven and earth,
does not live in shrines made by human hands,

10. Nor is he served
by human hands,
as though he
needed anything.

11. "For we too are his offspring.”
Angelica Maria Anna Catharina Kauffmann

12. Now he commands
all people everywhere
to repent.

13. Photo Credits
• Slide 6: Embroidered Tapestry
• Slide 7: Leonoard Porter, "Saint Paul Preaching on the Areopagus" 2010, oil on linen, 12" x
19"2010, oil on linen, 12" x 19”• http://www.usml.edu/the-liturgical-institute/special-
projects/saint-paul-preaching-on-the-areopagus
• Slide 9: Wells Cathedral
• Slide 10: Michelangelo
• Slide 12: Mait Jüriado via photopin ccAll other images Shutterstock