How were you treated any worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for financial help? Please forgive me for being so unfair!

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

"I wait for your deliverance, LORD.

"At that time the Kingdom of heaven will be like this. Once there were ten young women who took their oil lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

like servants who are waiting for their master to come back from a wedding feast. When he comes and knocks, they will open the door for him at once.

All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children.

We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.

and to wait for his Son to come from heaven---his Son Jesus, whom he raised from death and who rescues us from God's anger that is coming.

And now there is waiting for me the victory prize of being put right with God, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day---and not only to me, but to all those who wait with love for him to appear.

as we wait for the blessed Day we hope for, when the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ will appear.

In the same manner Christ also was offered in sacrifice once to take away the sins of many. He will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are waiting for him.

You need to be patient, in order to do the will of God and receive what he promises.

For, as the scripture says, "Just a little while longer, and he who is coming will come; he will not delay.

Be patient, then, my friends, until the Lord comes. See how patient farmers are as they wait for their land to produce precious crops. They wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains.

You also must be patient. Keep your hopes high, for the day of the Lord's coming is near.

as you wait for the Day of God and do your best to make it come soon---the Day when the heavens will burn up and be destroyed, and the heavenly bodies will be melted by the heat.

and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.

That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!

and he will give relief to you who suffer and to us as well. He will do this when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven with his mighty angels,

to obey your orders and keep them faithfully until the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear.

His appearing will be brought about at the right time by God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious crown which will never lose its brightness.

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.