40 Bible Verses about Eternal Perspective

we are of good courage, I say, and are well pleased to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

but I am constrained by the two; having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for it is far better;

to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading; kept in Heaven for you,

Keep thinking of the things above, not of the things on the earth,

And now, little children, abide in Him; that, if He shall be manifested, we may have confidence, and not be put away from Him with shame at His coming.

And, calling ten servants of his, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, 'Do business till I come.'

And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

that you keep the commandment, unsullied, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

so that ye fall short in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth; being patient over it, until it receives the early and latter rain.

Therefore, be ye also ready; for, in an hour that ye think not, the Son of Man is coming.

"Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his lord set over his household, to give them their food in season? Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing. Verily I say to you, that he will appoint him over all his possessions.read more.
But, if that evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying,' and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour when he knows not, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!"

Wherefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly for the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance; but, according as He Who called you is holy, do ye yourselves become holy in all your conduct;

Seeing, therefore, that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conduct and godliness, looking for, and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved; and the elements, being intensely hot, shall melt!

and, because lawlessness abounds, the love of many will grow cold.

so that ye fall short in no gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ; Who will also confirm you unto the end, unaccusable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through Whom ye were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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

Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the eternal life, to which you were called, and confessed a good confession before many witnesses. I charge you before God who preserves alive all things, and Christ Jesus Who before Pontius Pilate testified a good confession, that you keep the commandment, unsullied, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Be patient, therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth; being patient over it, until it receives the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.

Watch ye, therefore, because ye know not in what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that, had the householder known at what watch 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, in an hour that ye think not, the Son of Man is coming.

Take heed, watch [and pray]; for ye know not when the time is. It is as when a man away from home, having left his house, and having given authority to his servants, to each his work, commanded also the porter to watch. Watch, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house is coming, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the morning;read more.
lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all, 'Watch.'"

"Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him. Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when coming, shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline; and, coming near, he will serve them.read more.
And, if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, happy are they! But know this, that, if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye also ready; because at an hour ye think not the Son of Man cometh."

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief; for ye are all sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness. So, then, let us not sleep as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.

"Behold, I come as a thief! Happy is he that is watching, and keeping his garments; that he walk not naked, and they see his shame."

But he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved. And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then shall the end come.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, become steadfast, immovable, abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

And this, knowing the season, that it is time already for you to be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when ye believed. The night was far spent, and the day has drawn near; let us, therefore, put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Let your forbearance be known to all men: the Lord is near!

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near. Murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye be not judged: behold, The Judge has taken His stand before the doors!

But the end of all things has drawn near; be ye, therefore, of sound mind, and be sober unto prayers;

For our citizenship is in Heaven, whence also we are waiting for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

For the salvation-imparting grace of God appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age; looking for the blissful hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;

and, not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruit of the Spirit, even we ourselves are groaning within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For by hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for that which he sees? But, if we hope for that which we see not, we wait for it with patience.

But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those falling asleep, that ye sorrow not even as the rest who have no hope; for, if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also those who fell asleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this we say to You, in a word of the Lord, that we, the living who remain over to the coming of the Lord, shall in nowise precede those who fell asleep;

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will recompense to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

looking for, and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved; and the elements, being intensely hot, shall melt!

He Who testifieth these things saith, "Yea; I come quickly." Amen; come, Lord Jesus!