16 Bible Verses about Promises concerning

The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;

But we do know that God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love him-those who have received the Call in accordance with his purpose.

Then one of the Councillors turned to me and said 'Who are these who are robed in white? and whence did they come?' 'My Lord,' I answered, 'it is you who know.' 'These,' he said, 'are they who come through the Great Persecution; they washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

But his reply has been-- 'My help is enough for you; for my strength attains its perfection in the midst of weakness.' Most gladly, then, will I boast all the more of my weaknesses, so that the strength of the Christ may overshadow me.

and he will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death, nor will there be any more grief or crying or pain. The old order has passed away.'

Dear friends, do not be astonished at the fiery trials that you are passing through, to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. No, the more you share the sufferings of the Christ, the more may you rejoice, that, when the time comes for the manifestation of his Glory, you may rejoice and exult.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.

For, as through union with Adam all men die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.

For, with a loud summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the trumpet-call of God, the Lord himself will come down from Heaven.

And I have a hope that rests in God--a hope which they also cherish--that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.

Therefore, any one who will humble himself like this child-- that man shall be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.

For, as through union with Adam all men die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.

For, with a loud summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the trumpet-call of God, the Lord himself will come down from Heaven.

And I have a hope that rests in God--a hope which they also cherish--that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.

Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear.

Moses himself said--'The Lord your God will raise up from among your brothers a Prophet, as he raised me. To him you will listen whenever he speaks to you.

For I have given them the teaching which thou gavest me, and they received it, and clearly understood that I came from thee, and they believed that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.

"I have still much that concerns you to speak of and to pass judgment on; yet he who sent me may be trusted, and I speak to the world only of the things which I have heard from him."

For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.

But the Helper--the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my Name--he will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you.

I want you to recall what was foretold by the holy Prophets, as well as the Command of our Lord and Savior given to you through your Apostles.

Afterwards, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of Scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.

Then they remembered the words of Jesus, And, on returning from the tomb, they told all this to the Eleven and to all the rest.

His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in Scripture, and that they had done these things for him.

For he taught them like one who had authority, and not like their Teachers of the Law.

Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them thus: "All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

And they were all so amazed that they kept asking: "What is this? Strange teaching indeed! He gives his commands with authority even to the foul spirits, and they obey him!"

And, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.

I know your life (see, I have set a door open before you which no one is able to shut), I know that, though you have but little strength, you kept my teaching in mind, and did not disown my Name.

If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart, And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you always--the Spirit of Truth.

"Whoever loves me," Jesus answered, " will lay my Message to heart; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.

And by this we know that we have learned to know him--by our laying his commands to heart.

However he went down with them to Nazareth, and submitted himself to their control; and his mother treasured all that was said in her heart.

I have revealed thee to those whom thou gavest me from the world; they were thy own, and thou gavest them to me; and they have laid thy Message to heart.

In truth I tell you, if any one lays my Message to heart, he will never really die."