For a little moment I have left you; but with great mercies I will gather you. In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says Jehovah your Redeemer.

John 16:20

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

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1 Peter 1:6

in which you greatly rejoice, yet a little while, if need be, grieving in manifold temptations;

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Benedictions » Other passages appropriate to use as

Ephesians 3:20

Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

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1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Numbers 6:24

Jehovah bless you and keep you.

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1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20

Now may the God of peace (who brought again our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant)

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Call » To special religious duty » All who are called of God

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Revelation 17:14

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them. For He is Lord of lords and King of kings. And those with Him are the called and elect and faithful ones.

2 Peter 1:10

Therefore, brothers, rather be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall.

Romans 8:30

But whom He predestinated, these He also called; and whom He called, those He also justified. And whom He justified, these He also glorified.

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1 Corinthians 1:2

to the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called out with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom you were called to the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:24

But to them, the called-out ones, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.

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1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

even as you know how we exhorted and comforted and testified to each one of you, as a father to his children, that you should walk worthy of God, who has called you to His kingdom and glory.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.

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Hebrews 3:1-2

Therefore, holy brothers, called to be partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all his house.

Hebrews 3:7-8

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

2 Peter 1:3

according as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue,

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Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the ones called in God the Father, having been set apart, and having been kept by Jesus Christ:

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The call of God » To man is » To the eternal glory of Christ

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

to which He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Calling » The lord calling

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Galatians 1:15-16

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and having called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the nations, immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood;

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom you were called to the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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Isaiah 49:1-5

Listen, O coastlands, to Me; and listen, lend your ear, peoples from afar; Jehovah has called Me from the womb; He has made mention of My name from My mother's bowels. And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, and made Me a polished shaft. He has hidden Me in His quiver, and said to Me, You are My servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. read more.
Then I said, I have labored in vain; I have spent My strength for nothing, and in vain; yet surely My judgment is with Jehovah, and My work with My God. And now, says Jehovah who formed Me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob again to Him, Though Israel is not gathered, yet I shall be glorious in the eyes of Jehovah, and My God shall be My strength.

Jeremiah 1:4-5

And it happened, the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I consecrated you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.

1 Corinthians 7:17-21

But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all churches. Was any called having been circumcised? Do not be uncircumcised. Was anyone called in uncircumcision? Do not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. read more.
Let each one remain in the calling in which he was called. Were you called as a slave? It does not matter to you, but if you are able to become free, use it rather.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blamelessly at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who called you, who also will do it.

2 Peter 1:1-3

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and our Savior Jesus Christ, Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue,

Glory » Eternal » Inherited by saints

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor out of the dust; He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set them among princes; yea, He causes them to inherit a throne of honor; for to Jehovah are the pillars of the earth; and He sets the habitable world on them.

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Colossians 3:4

When Christ our Life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

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Psalm 73:24

You shall lead me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

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Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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Glory » Eternal » Saints called to

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

to which He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Grace » God is the God of all

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Jesus Christ » Names of » Christ jesus

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers, called to be partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

Acts 19:4

And Paul said, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe into Him coming after him, that is, into Jesus Christ.

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Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:2

to the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called out with all those in every place who call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours.

Romans 3:24

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

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1 Corinthians 1:30

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

1 Peter 5:14

Greet one another with a kiss of holy love. Peace be to you, all those in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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Perfection » Pray for

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Hebrews 13:20-21

Now may the God of peace (who brought again our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant) make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Suffering » For Christ

James 5:10

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

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1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 4:13-14

but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

Colossians 1:24

who now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and I fill up the things lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church;

Philippians 1:29

For to you it is given on behalf of Christ not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

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2 Timothy 2:12

If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.

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Acts 9:16

For I will show him what great things he must suffer for My name's sake.

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Philippians 3:10

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to His death;

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

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Romans 8:17-23

And if we are children, then we are heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; so that if we suffer with Him, we may also be glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the coming glory to be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. read more.
For the creation was not willingly subjected to vanity, but because of Him who subjected it on hope that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. And we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, awaiting adoption, the redemption of our body.

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1 Corinthians 4:12-13

And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

2 Corinthians 1:7

And our hope of you is certain, knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the consolation.

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2 Corinthians 4:11-18

For we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus might also be revealed in our body. So then death works in us, but life in you. For we, having the same spirit of faith (according as it is written, "I believed, and therefore I have spoken"); we also believed and therefore speak, read more.
knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus shall also raise us up by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sake, so that the superabounding grace might be made to abound through the thanksgiving of the greater number, to the glory of God. For this cause we do not faint; but though our outward man perishes, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For the lightness of our present affliction works out for us a far more excellent eternal weight of glory, we not considering the things which are seen, but the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are not lasting, but the things which are not seen are everlasting.

Philippians 2:27-30

For indeed he was sick, coming near death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. Therefore I sent him the more eagerly, so that you may rejoice when you see him again, and that I may be the less sorrowful. Therefore receive him in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in honor, read more.
because for the work of Christ he was near death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

2 Thessalonians 1:4-5

so much so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure. For this is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which you also suffer,

Suffering » Who shall suffer persecution

2 Timothy 3:12

Yea, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For I think that God has set forth us last, the apostles, as it were appointed to death; for we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are despised. Even until this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place. read more.
And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

1 Peter 5:8-10

Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour; whom firmly resist in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions in the world are being completed in your brotherhood. But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.