He asked for life, and you gave it, a long and lasting life.

No one who visits her ever comes back. He never returns to the road to life.

The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.

She does not stay on the road to life; but wanders off, and does not realize what is happening.

Righteousness is the road to life; wickedness is the road to death.

and their people will say, "Let us go up the hill of the LORD, to the Temple of Israel's God. He will teach us what he wants us to do; we will walk in the paths he has chosen. For the LORD's teaching comes from Jerusalem; from Zion he speaks to his people."

But the gate to life is narrow and the way that leads to it is hard, and there are few people who find it.

If the Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from death, lives in you, then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.

Through him you believe in God, who raised him from death and gave him glory; and so your faith and hope are fixed on God.

But I will see you, because I have done no wrong; and when I awake, your presence will fill me with joy.

His glory is great because of your help; you have given him fame and majesty.

Your blessings are with him forever, and your presence fills him with joy.

"Happy are the pure in heart; they will see God!

You have shown me the paths that lead to life, and your presence will fill me with joy.'

What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete---as complete as God's knowledge of me.

And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.

Yes, may you come to know his love---although it can never be fully known---and so be completely filled with the very nature of God.

My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence---

That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with his presence.

because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

There shall be no more night, and they will not need lamps or sunlight, because the Lord God will be their light, and they will rule as kings forever and ever.

After the Lord Jesus had talked with them, he was taken up to heaven and sat at the right side of God.

"Look!" he said. "I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!"

who has gone to heaven and is at the right side of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.

We feast on the abundant food you provide; you let us drink from the river of your goodness.

He will put the righteous people at his right and the others at his left.

These, then, will be sent off to eternal punishment, but the righteous will go to eternal life."