40 Bible Verses about Eternal Perspective
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We are confident indeed, and with pleasure expect to go out from the body, and to dwell within with the Lord:
For I am in a strait between the two, having an earnest longing to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, for this is far, far better:
for an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you,
Fix your minds on things above, not on things on the earth.
And now, my dear children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.
And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten manehs, and said unto them, Employ yourselves in traffic, till I come back.
Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
expecting the blessed hope, and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
that thou observe this injunction spotless, irreproachable, unto the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
so that ye have not been deficient in any gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, in patient expectation for it, till it receives the former and the latter rain.
Therefore be ye also prepared: for in an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Who then is the faithful and provident servant, whom his Lord hath appointed over his household, to give them meat in the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find thus occupied. Verily I say unto you, that he will place him over all his substance.read more.
But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; the master of that servant will come in a day that he doth not expect him, and at an hour which he knoweth not. And will cut him asunder, and give him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, vigilant, wait with assured hope for the grace, which shall be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conformed to the former passions of the days of your ignorance: but as he who hath called you is holy, be ye holy also in all your conduct:
Seeing then that all these things must be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in a course of holy conduct and acts of piety, expecting and hastening towards the coming of God's day, at which the heavens on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements in flames be melted as wax?
so that ye have not been deficient in any gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall confirm you to the end blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is God, by whom ye have been called into communion with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
Strain every nerve in the noble conflict of faith, lay fast hold on eternal life, unto which also thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses. I conjure thee in the presence of God, who giveth life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who witnessed that noble confession before Pontius Pilate; that thou observe this injunction spotless, irreproachable, unto the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, in patient expectation for it, till it receives the former and the latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Watch therefore: for ye know not at what hour your Master cometh. And this observe, that if the master of the family had known in which watch of the night the thief would have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered him to break into his house. Therefore be ye also prepared: for in an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Take ye heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is. As a man going abroad, when he left his abode, and gave his servants authority, and to each his work, commanded also the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore; for ye know not at what time the master of the house cometh, at evening, or midnight, or cock-crowing, or in the morning:read more.
lest coming suddenly he find you asleep. Now what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.
Let your loins be firmly girded round, and your lamps burning: and ye like men, expecting their master, when he shall return from the marriage; that when he comes and knocks, they may instantly open the door for him. Blessed are those servants, whom the Master, when he cometh, shall find watchful: verily I say unto you, that he will gird up himself, and make them sit down at table, and come and wait upon them.read more.
And if he come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find them so watchful, blessed are those servants. Now this be assured of, that if the master of the family had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. Therefore be ye also ready, for at an hour that ye think not of, the Son of man cometh.
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of day: we are not the children of night, nor of darkness. Let us not then sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watcheth, and keepeth his garments, that he walk not about naked, and men see his shame.
But he that endureth to the end, that man will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached through the whole world for a testimony to all the nations: and then shall come the final close.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
expecting the blessed hope, and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
And thus do, knowing the time; for the hour is come that we should awake from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is far advanced, the day approaches: let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest be ye condemned: lo! the judge standeth at the gates.
But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers.
But our conversation is in heaven as its citizens, from whence also we are expecting the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
For the grace of God which leads to salvation hath appeared unto all men, instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day; expecting the blessed hope, and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting the adoption, the redemption of our body. For by hope we have been saved: now hope seen is not hope; for that which any man seeth how doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for what we see not, we with patience expect it.
Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are fallen asleep, that ye be not afflicted, as the rest [of mankind] who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again, so also those that have fallen asleep for Jesus shall God bring with him. For this I say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent those who are fallen asleep.
henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: yet not to me only, but also to all who have loved his appearing.
expecting and hastening towards the coming of God's day, at which the heavens on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements in flames be melted as wax?
He that testifieth these things saith, Verily, I come quickly. Amen. Yea come, Lord Jesus!
