Thematic Bible: Of reward for spiritual service


Thematic Bible




His heart [is] sustained; he will not be afraid, until he looks [in triumph] on his enemies.

{No evil will happen} to the righteous, but the wicked are filled [with] trouble.

Then you will walk in the confidence of your ways, and your foot will not stumble.

He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who protects you will not slumber.



No harm will befall you, and no plague will come near your tent.

And my people will dwell in a settlement of peace and in a dwelling place of security and in undisturbed resting places.




And I saw thrones, and they sat down on them, and authority to judge was granted to them. And [I saw] the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand, and they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] a thousand years.


considering {reproach endured for the sake of Christ} greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute [you] and say all kinds of evil things against you, lying on account of me. Rejoice and be glad, because your reward [is] great in heaven, for in the [same] way they persecuted the prophets before you.


And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham.




Israel is saved by Yahweh [with] everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed, and you shall not be humiliated {to all eternity}.

who will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.'


but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.

Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one, but each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.






The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.




And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward."