Hebrews 10:34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

In my

And took

Matthew 5:11

Acts 5:41

James 1:2

In yourselves that ye have

General references

Matthew 6:20

Hebrews 12:4

Bible References

In my

Then he went up to Paul, arrested him, ordered him to be doubly chained, and proceeded to inquire who he was, and what he had been doing.

This, then, is my reason for urging you to come to see me and talk with me; because it is for the sake of the Hope of Israel that I am here in chains."

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles--

I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

On behalf of which I am an Ambassador--in chains! Pray that, in telling it, I may speak fearlessly as I ought.

And, indeed, I am justified in feeling thus about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart--you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the Good News, shared my privilege with me.

May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for he often cheered me and was not ashamed of my chains.

in the service of which I am suffering hardships, even to being put in fetters as a criminal. But the Message of God is not fettered;

And took

Blessed are you when people taunt you, and persecute you, and say everything evil about you--untruly, and on my account.

But the Apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that Name;

My Brothers, whatever may be the temptations that beset you from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing,

In yourselves that ye have

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

"If you wish to be perfect," answered Jesus, "go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me."

But only a few are necessary, or rather one. Mary has chosen the good part, and it shall not be taken away from her."

Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out--an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.

For we know that if our tent--that earthly body which is now our home--is taken down, we have a house of God's building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in Heaven.

On account of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in Heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true Message of the Good News which reached you--

Fix your thoughts upon the things that are above, not upon those that are on earth.

storing up for themselves what in the future will prove to be a good foundation, that they may gain the only true Life.

And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give me on 'That Day'--and not only to me, but to all who have loved his Appearing.

given us the new Life of undying hope, that promises an inheritance, imperishable, stainless, unfading, which has been reserved for you in Heaven--

Dear friends, we are God's Children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we shall be like Christ; because we shall see him as he is.

General references

But store up treasures for yourselves in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.

You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;