Thematic Bible: The prospect of death

But Paul answered, What do you do, to weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfeagernessMartyrdom, Qualities OfReadinessSelf DenialShepherds, As Church LeaderWeepingLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfMartyrdom Of The SaintsLove For GodMartyrdom, Believers Attitude TowardsDeath Of God's PeopleEvangelismBreaking Chainsjerusalem

Wherefore we faint not, but if our outward man is destroyed our inward man is renewed day by day. For the light affliction which is for a moment, works out for us more abundantly an eternal weight of glory, while we look not on the things which are seen but on the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are for a time, but those which are unseen are eternal. read more.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle was destroyed, we have an edifice from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.