23 Bible Verses about Glorification
Most Relevant Verses
Christ is your life, and when he shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.
I have nothing more to do, but to receive the crown of virtue reserv'd for me, which the Lord, the just judge, will give me in that day: and not only to me, but to those also, who have long'd for his appearance.
that when the sovereign pastor shall appear, you may carry off a glorious crown, that will never fade.
but whom he predispos'd, he calls: and whom he has call'd, he justifies: and whom he has justified, he glorifies.
in the enjoyment of a state, that can never change or decay, a state reserv'd in heaven for us, whom the divine power preserves through faith for that salvation, which is going to be made manifest in the latter time.
the Lord shall punish them with everlasting destruction, when he shall appear in the glory of his power, and come to be glorified by his saints, and to be the object of admiration to all who believed, that the testimony we gave you, would be justified in that day.
For I know, that if my body, which is but a tent for my sojourning upon earth, were dissolved, I have what is not fram'd by human art, but by the divine architect, a mansion eternal in the heavens. while I am thus incas'd, I groan with desire to have that celestial vehicle superinduc'd: tho' should I be divested of this body, I shall not even then be destitute of one.read more.
we that are in this tabernacle do groan under the burden of it: not that we desire to be divested of it, but we desire to have our celestial body, that this mortal state may vanish into immortality. now he that hath prepared us for this very state, is God, who hath given us the spirit as a pledge of it. therefore being always certainly assur'd that whilst I sojourn in this body, I am absent from the Lord, (for I regulate my conduct by my future expectations, not by visible enjoyments: ) in this assurance, I say, I think it best to be quit of this body, and be present with the Lord. wherefore I studiously endeavour, whether staying in it, or departing out of it, to be acceptable to him.
I shall now tell you a very great secret: we shall not all of us sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall rise incorruptible; but as for us, we shall be changed. for this corruptible body must be invested with incorruptibility, this mortal be invested with immortality.read more.
but when this corruptible shall be invested with incorruptibility, and this mortal with immortality, then shall be fulfilled that passage of scripture, " death is swallowed up for ever." "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" the sting of death was sin; and the strength of sin was the law. but thanks be to God, who has given us the victory, thro' our Lord Jesus Christ.
for one thing I have in charge to tell you from the Lord, that we, who shall be found still alive at the coming of the Lord, shall not get the advance of those that are dead: for the Lord himself will descend from heaven, and by the voice of the archangel, with the trumpet of God, resound the summons: they who died christians shall rise first: then we, who shall be still alive, shall be convey'd together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall ever be with the Lord.
Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.
and God will confirm you to the end, that ye may be unaccused in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
that by the sanctity of your affections, you may stand unreprov'd in the presence of God our father, when our Lord Jesus Christ shall come with all his holy angels.
Now may the God of peace make you intirely holy: may every part of you, your spirit, soul, and body be preserved irreprovable at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
through his own death, to present you holy, and unblameable, and unreproveable in his own sight:
but we are the denisons of heaven, from whence we expect the saviour Jesus Christ our Lord. it is he, that will change our vile body into a like form with his glorious body, by displaying that power which is able to subdue all things unto himself.
beloved, we are now the sons of God, tho' it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, that when this change shall be, his immediate presence will give us a divine resemblance.
giving thanks to the father, who has qualified you to share in that light he affords to his people:
and whatever you do, do it heartily, as serving the Lord, and not men: knowing that as you are the servants of Christ our Lord, you shall receive from him the inheritance for your reward.
and not only they, but even those who have the first fruits of the spirit, even we our selves do inwardly groan for the fruit of our adoption, by the deliverance of our body from corruption.
as then it is appointed that men should die but once, after which the judgment ensues; so Christ being once offered up to take away the sins of many; he shall appear the second time, without making any further expiation to save those who expect him.
Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has regenerated us, and given us by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the expectation of immortal life, in the enjoyment of a state, that can never change or decay, a state reserv'd in heaven for us, whom the divine power preserves through faith for that salvation, which is going to be made manifest in the latter time.
and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; although we now suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
then shall the just shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their father. he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.