40 Bible Verses about Eternal Perspective
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And we are confident, and are contented rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home in the Lord.
For I am pressed together from two, having one eager desire to be loosed, and be with Christ (rather much better:)
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, kept in the heavens for us,
Think of things above, and not upon those upon the earth.
And now, little children, remain in him; that, when he be manifested, we might have freedom of speech, that we be not shamed from him in his presence.
And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten coins, and said to them, Attend to business, till I come.
And the same God of peace consecrate you perfectly compete; and your whole spirit and soul and body be kept faultless to the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Expecting the blessed hope, and apppearance of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
For thee to keep the command spotless, irreprehensible, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ:
So that ye are not wanting in any grace; awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore be longsuffering, brethren, even to the arrival of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being longsuffering for it, even till he should receive the early and late rain.
Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season Happy that servant which his lord, having come, shall find doing thus. Truly I say to you, That he shall set him over all his possessions.read more.
But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays to come; And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated; The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he expects not, and in an hour which he knows not, And he shall cut him in two equal parts, and he shall set his portion with the hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, living abstemiously, hope perfectly upon the grace brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ; As children of obedience, not as formerly conforming yourselves to eager desire in your ignorance: But according to the holy one calling you, also should ye yourselves be holy in all turning back;
Therefore all these being dissolved, of what race ought ye to be in holy turning round and devotion, Expecting and seeking earnestly the presence of the day of God, during which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements going to be burned are melted away?
So that ye are not wanting in any grace; awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who also shall make you firm even to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God faithful, by whom we were called to the communion of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
Contend earnestly the good contest of faith, take hold upon eternal life, into which thou wert also called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses. I beseech thee before God, making all things alive, and Christ Jesus, he having witnessed to Pontius Pilate the good confession; For thee to keep the command spotless, irreprehensible, until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Therefore be longsuffering, brethren, even to the arrival of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being longsuffering for it, even till he should receive the early and late rain. Be longsuffering, ye also; make your hearts firm: for the arrival of the Lord has drawn near.
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what watch the thief comes, he had watched, and would not have suffered his house to be undermined. Therefore be ye also prepared: for what hour ye think not, the Son of man comes.
See, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. As a man travelling, having left his house, and having given power to his servants, and to each his work, and he commanded the guard of the door that he should watch. Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at eve, or midnight, or cock-crowing, or morning.read more.
Lest having come suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch ye.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; And ye like men expecting their Lord, when he shall loose from the nuptials; that having come and knocked, they might quickly open to him. Happy those servants, whom the Lord having come shall find watching; truly I say to you, he will gird himself, and make them recline, and having come he will serve them.read more.
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, happy are those servants. And know this, that if the master of the house knew what hour the thief is coming, he had watched, and not have suffered his house to be undermined. And be ye therefore ready: for in the time which ye think not the Son of man is coming.
And ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day as a thief overtake you. Ye are all sons of light, and sons of day: we are not of night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as also the rest; but let us watch and be sober.
(Behold, I come as a thief. Happy he watching, and keeping his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
But he having persevered to the end, this shall be saved. And this good news of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole habitable globe for a witness to all nations: and then shall the end come.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that our fatigue is not in vain in the Lord.
Expecting the blessed hope, and apppearance of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a distinguished people. zealous of good works.
And this, knowing the time, that already the hour ye should be awakened out of sleep: for now our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night has advanced, and the day has drawn near: therefore let us lay down the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
Be longsuffering, ye also; make your hearts firm: for the arrival of the Lord has drawn near. Groan not against one another, brethren, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
And the end of all has drawn near: be ye therefore of sound mind, and live abstemiously in prayers.
For our citizenship is in the heavens; from whence we also expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
For the grace of God who saves, was manifested to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and eager worldly desires, we should live discreetly, and justly, and religiously, in the time now; Expecting the blessed hope, and apppearance of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
And not only, but also they having the first fruits of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan in ourselves, waiting for the adoption as a son, the redemption of our body. For by hope were we saved: but hope being seen is not hope: for what any one sees, why does he also hope? And if what we see not, we hope for, by patience we wait.
And I wish you not to be ignorant, brethren, of them having been asleep, that ye should not grieve, as also the rest, they hating no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose up, so also God by Jesus Christ will bring with him them having slept. For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we the living being left at the arrival of the Lord shall not get beforehand with them having slept.
As to the rest, the crown of justice is laid up for me, which the Lord will assign to me in that day, the just judge: and not only to me, but also to all them having loved his appearance.
Expecting and seeking earnestly the presence of the day of God, during which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements going to be burned are melted away?
He testifying says, Yes, I come swiftly. Amen. Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
