You must not work for the food that perishes, but for that which lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for God the Father has authorized him to do so."

But it is God who guarantees us and you to Christ; he has anointed us and put his seal upon us and given us his Spirit in our hearts, as earnest-money.

"Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we mark the slaves of our God on their foreheads." I heard that the number of those that were marked with the seal was 144,000. They were from every tribe of the children of Israel:

They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only the men who did not have the mark of God's seal upon their foreheads.

Then in my vision I saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 people who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.

they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

You also have heard the message of the truth, the good news of your salvation, and believed in him, and through union with him you have been marked with the seal of the holy Spirit that was promised, which is the advance installment of our inheritance, so that we may get full possession of it, and praise his glory for it.

It is God himself who has prepared me for this change, and he has given me the Spirit as his guaranty.

You must not offend God's holy Spirit, with which you have been marked for the Day of Redemption.

and you by God's power are being protected through faith to receive a salvation that is now ready to be disclosed at the last time.