2 Corinthians 5:8

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God,

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.

When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

After my skin is destroyed, then I will see God in my flesh,

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.

Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.

Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.

Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?”

He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace;

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

I therefore run like that, not aimlessly. I fight like that, not beating the air,

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord;

to the festal gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.

I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.