Matthew 25:23

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

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.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

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.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

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

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

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.”

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

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.

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.

To man he said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

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

“He said to him, ‘Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

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

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

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.

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

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

For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed; nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

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.

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.

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

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

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.

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

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.”

“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.

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

“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.’

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.

Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear, for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

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.

Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

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.

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

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

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.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.