40 Bible Verses about Eternal Perspective

Nevertheless we are of good comfort, and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

"Death where is thy sting? Hell where is thy victory?"

I am constrained of two things. I desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ, which thing is best of all:

to enjoy an inheritance immortal, and undefiled, and that perisheth not; reserved in heaven for you

Set your affection on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth.

And now babes, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence and not be made ashamed of him at his coming.

And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, saying unto them, 'Buy and sell till I come.'

The very God of peace sanctify you throughout. And I pray God that your whole spirit, soul, and body, be kept faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

that thou keep the commandment, and be without spot and unrebukable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

so that ye are behind in no gift, and wait for the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience there upon, until he receive the early and the latter rain.

Therefore be ye also ready, for in the hour ye think least on, in the same ye think he would not: will the son of man come.

If there be any faithful servant and wise, whom his master hath made ruler over his household, for to give them meat in season convenient; Happy is that servant: whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods.read more.
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my master will defer his coming, and begin to smite his fellows: yea and to eat and to drink with the drunken: that servant's master will come in a day when he looketh not for him: and in a hour that he is not aware of, and will divide him, and give him his reward with hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought unto you by the declaring of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves unto your old lusts of ignorance: But as he which called you is holy, even so be ye holy in all manner of conversation,

If all these things shall perish, what manner persons ought ye to be in holy conversation, and godliness: looking for, and hasting unto, the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens shall perish with fire, and the elements shall be consumed with heat.

And because iniquity shall have the upper hand, the love of many shall abate.

so that ye are behind in no gift, and wait for the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ which shall strengthen you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. For God is faithful, by whom ye are called unto the fellowship of his son Jesus Christ our Lord.

And the Lord guide your hearts unto the love of God, and patience of Christ.

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hand on eternal life, whereunto thou art called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God, which quickeneth all things, and before Jesus Christ, which under Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessing, that thou keep the commandment, and be without spot and unrebukable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience there upon, until he receive the early and the latter rain. Be ye also patient therefore, and settle your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Wake, therefore, because ye know not what hour your master will come. Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would come: he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready, for in the hour ye think least on, in the same ye think he would not: will the son of man come.

Take heed: watch, and pray, for ye know not when the time is: As a man which is gone into a strange country and hath left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house will come: whether at even, or at midnight; whether at the cock crowing, or in the dawning:read more.
lest if he come suddenly, he should find you sleeping. And that I say unto you, I say unto all men: Watch."

Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning, and ye yourselves, like unto men that wait for their master when he will return from a wedding: that as soon as he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him. Happy are those servants, which their Lord, when he cometh, shall find waking; Verily I say unto you, he will gird himself about, and make them sit down to meat, and walk by them, and minister unto them.read more.
And if he come in the second watch, yea, if he come in the third watch, and shall find them so, happy are those servants. This shall ye understand, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would have come, he would surely have watched: and not suffer his house to be broken up. Be ye prepared therefore, for the son of man will come at a hour when ye think not."

But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that day should come on you as it were a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as do others: but let us watch and be sober.

"Behold I come as a thief. Happy is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments; Lest he be found naked, and men see his filthiness."

But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be safe. And this glad tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ: which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.

This also we know, I mean the season: how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Let your softness be known unto all men. The Lord is even at hand.

Be ye also patient therefore, and settle your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be damned. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.

The end of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore discreet, and sober, that ye may be apt to prayers.

But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,

For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared and teacheth us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober minded, righteously, and godly in this present world, looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ:

Not they only, but even we also: which have the first fruits of the spirit mourn in ourselves and wait for the adoption and look for the deliverance of our bodies. For we are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is no hope. For how can a man hope for that which he seeth? But and if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience abide for it.

I would not, brethren, have you ignorant concerning them which are fallen asleep, that ye sorrow not as others do which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again: even so them also which sleep by Jesus, will God bring again with him. And this say we unto you in the word of the Lord, that we which live and are remaining in the coming of the Lord, shall not come before they which sleep.

From henceforth is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord that is a righteous judge shall give me at that day: not to me only: but unto all them that love his coming.

looking for, and hasting unto, the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens shall perish with fire, and the elements shall be consumed with heat.

He which testifieth these things saith, "Be it. I come quickly, Amen." Even so, come Lord Jesus.