16 Bible Verses about Promises concerning

For this slight, momentary trouble is piling up for me an eternal blessedness beyond all comparison,

We know that in everything God works with those who love him, whom he has called in accordance with his purpose, to bring about what is good.

Then one of the elders addressed me and said, "Who are these people dressed in white robes, and where do they come from?" I said to him, "You know, my lord." He said to me, "They are the people who come through the great persecution, who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

and he said to me, "My favor is enough for you, for only where there is weakness is perfect strength developed." So I am perfectly willing to boast of all my weakness, so that the strength of Christ may shelter me.

and he will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no death any longer, nor any grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away."

Dear friends, do not be surprised that a test of fire is being applied to you, as though a strange thing were happening to you, but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy.

"Your minds must not be troubled; you must believe in God, and believe in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house; if there were not, I would have told you, for I am going away to make ready a place for you.

For just as because of their relation to Adam all men die, so because of their relation to Christ they will all be brought to life again.

For the Lord himself, at the summons, when the archangel calls and God's trumpet sounds, will come down from heaven, and first those who died in union with Christ will rise;

and I have the same hope in God that they themselves hold, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked.

Anyone, therefore, who is as unassuming as this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven,

"Blessed are the humble-minded, for they will possess the land!

For just as because of their relation to Adam all men die, so because of their relation to Christ they will all be brought to life again.

For the Lord himself, at the summons, when the archangel calls and God's trumpet sounds, will come down from heaven, and first those who died in union with Christ will rise;

and I have the same hope in God that they themselves hold, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked.

Then the upright will shine out like the sun, in their Father's kingdom. Let him who has ears listen!

Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised me up. You must listen to everything that he tells you.

for I have given them the truths that you gave me, and they have accepted them and been convinced that I came from you, and they believe that you sent me.

"Why do I even talk to you at all? I have a great deal to say about you and to condemn in you, yet he who sent me is truthful, and the things that I say to the world are things that I have learned from him."

for I have not spoken on my account, but the Father who has sent me has himself given me orders what to tell and what to say.

but the Helper, the holy Spirit which the Father will send in my place, will teach you everything and remind you of everything that I have told you.

to remember the things foretold by the holy prophets, and the command of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

So afterward when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the passage of Scripture and what Jesus had said.

Then they remembered his words, and they went back from the tomb and told all this to the eleven and all the rest.

His disciples did not understand this at the time but after Jesus was glorified they remembered that this was said of him in Scripture and that it had happened to him.

for he taught them like one who had authority and not like their scribes.

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

And they were all so amazed that they discussed it with one another, and said, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching! He gives orders with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!"

and he has given him the authority to act as judge, because he is a son of man.

I know what you are doing. See! I have put before you an open door that no one can close. I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my message and you have not disowned my name.

"If you really love me, you will observe my commands. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you always.

Jesus answered, "Anyone who loves me will observe my teaching, and my Father will love him and we will come to him and live with him.

This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands.

And he went back with them to Nazareth and obeyed them. And his mother treasured all these things up in her mind.

"I have revealed your real self to the men you gave me from the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your message.

I tell you, if anyone observes my teaching, he will never experience death."