2 Timothy 4:8

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Summary

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

There

A crown

Revelation 4:4

The righteous

At that

That love

General references

Bible References

There

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!

"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

A crown

Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

She will give to your head a garland of grace. She will deliver a crown of splendor to you."

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

Blessed is the man 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.

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn't fade away.

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.

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.

The righteous

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

God is a righteous judge, yes, a God who has indignation every day.

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

At that

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

They shall be mine," says Yahweh of Armies, "my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

But you, brothers, aren't in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

That love

Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

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."

For most certainly in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead -- Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

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.

He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly." Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

General references

Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.