40 Bible Verses about Eternal Perspective

So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Where, Death, is thy victory? Where, Death, is thy sting?

but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better;

and into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and fadeless, which has been kept in heaven for you

Set your heart on things above, not on earthly things;

And now continue to abide in him, my children, so that when he shall appear we may have cheerful confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

"And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.'

May the God of peace consecrate you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

While we look for the blessed hope and epiphany of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

I charge you, keep your commission spotless and irreproachable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that you lack no divine gift, while you are waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains.

Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you do not expect him, the Son of man is coming.

"Who, then, is the faithful and prudent slave, to whom his master has entrusted his household, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is that slave whom his Master, when he comes, shall find so doing. In solemn truth I tell you that he will set him over all his property.read more.
But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,' and if he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and to eat or drink with the drunkards, on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour which he does not know, the Master of that servant will arrive and will scourge him severely, and allot him a place among hypocrites, where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

So then brace up your minds, be steady in spirit, and fix your hope firmly in the grace that is coming to you, at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Like obedient children, do not fashion yourselves according to the former passions of your days of ignorance, but become yourselves holy in your whole manner of living, as He who has called you is holy,

Now since all things are in the process of dissolution, what kind of men ought you to be, in all holy living and piety; while you look for and hasten the coming of the Day of God. At its coming the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat.

and because of the increase of iniquity the love of the majority will grow cold;

so that you lack no divine gift, while you are waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. He will also keep you perfectly stedfast unto the end, so that you will be unreproveable in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is the God by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

May the Lord incline your hearts to the love of God and to the stedfastness of Christ.

Keep contending in the noble contest of the faith; seize hold on eternal life, to which you were called when you confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the presence of God who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus who bore witness to the good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you, keep your commission spotless and irreproachable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Be patient, then, brothers, till the coming of the Lord. Behold the farmer who waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it gets the early and the latter rains. So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand!

Keep guard then, for you do not know the day on which your Master is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have been on his guard, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you do not expect him, the Son of man is coming.

nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed! Awake! for you never know the time. As a man gone abroad and leaving his house gives authority to his slaves, to each his task; and orders the porter to keep watch; keep watch then, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming??n the evening, at midnight, at cockcrow, or in the morning??36 lest he should come unexpectedly and find you sleeping;read more.
and what I say to you, I say to all. Be awake and on guard."

"Let your loins be girded about and your lamps burning; "and be yourselves like men who are looking for the Lord, on his return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they may at once open the door for him. "Happy are those slaves whom their master shall find watching when he comes. I tell you truly that will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and come and serve them.read more.
"And whether it be in the second watch, or in the third, that he comes, and so finds them, happy are those slaves. "However, you know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into. "Do you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man is coming."

But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that "the Day" should come upon you like a bandit. For you are all sons of light, and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness. So then let us not be sleeping as do the rest, but let us be watchful and self-controlled.

Lo, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the who is on the watch and guarding his clothing, so that he may not walk naked, and they gaze on his shame.

but he who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole inhabited earth, for a testimony to the Gentiles, and then will come the end.

So, my brothers beloved, stand firm, immovable, always abounding in work for the Lord, because you know that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

While we look for the blessed hope and epiphany of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works."

Carry out these injunctions because you know the crisis that we are in, that now it is high time for you to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent; The day is at hand. Let is therefore take off the deeds of darkness, Let us put on the armor of light.

Let your reasonableness be recognized by every one. The Lord is near you.

So you also must be patient. Stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand! Do not make complaints against each other, brothers, lest you yourselves be condemned. Behold the Judge is standing before the very door!

But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.

But commonwealth is in heaven; and it is from heaven also that we are anxiously awaiting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,

"For God's grace has shined forth bringing salvation to all men And schooling us to renounce impiety and evil passions, And to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age; While we look for the blessed hope and epiphany of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

And not only that, we ourselves, although we are grasping the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we are waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body. For by hope we are saved; but hope which is clearly seen is no longer hope. Who hopes for what he clearly sees? But if we hope for something that we do not see, we then patiently wait for it.

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, about those who are falling asleep. You must not sorrow like other men, who have no hope. For if we really believe that Jesus died and rose again, so even so will God through Jesus bring with him those also who have fallen asleep. For this I tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are living, who survive unto the coming of the Lord, will in no wise precede those who have fallen asleep.

Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

while you look for and hasten the coming of the Day of God. At its coming the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt with fervent heat.

He who testifies this says, "Yea, I am coming quickly." Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!