And if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ from the dead will give Life also to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who dwells in you.

are faithful to God, who raised Him from among the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are resting upon God.

In thy

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

Thou hast made known to me the ways of Life: Thou wilt fill me with gladness in Thy presence.'

For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

yes, to attain to a knowledge of the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, so that you may be made complete in accordance with God's own standard of completeness.

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy--

For this reason they stand before the very throne of God, and render Him service, day after day and night after night, in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne will shelter them in His tent.

And there will be no night there; and they have no need of lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will shine upon them, and they will be kings until the Ages of the Ages."

At thy

So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."

who is at God's right hand, having gone into Heaven, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

Pleasures

and will make the sheep stand at His right hand, and the goats at His left.

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and I know that when I come to you it will be with a vast amount of blessing from Christ.