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

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel

In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life.

A crown

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.

She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you."

Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads.

The righteous

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

Far be it from you to do such a thing -- to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?"

God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and goes to war.

At that

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

"They will belong to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?'

"But as for that day and hour no one knows it -- not even the angels in heaven -- except the Father alone.

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

That love

Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him."

For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)

The one who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon!" Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!

General references

Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.

But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.