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

What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care.

The Father and I are one."

In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Who are you to judge the servants of someone else? It is their own Master who will decide whether they succeed or fail. And they will succeed, because the Lord is able to make them succeed.

Let us give glory to God! He is able to make you stand firm in your faith, according to the Good News I preach about Jesus Christ and according to the revelation of the secret truth which was hidden for long ages in the past.

To the only God, who alone is all-wise, be glory through Jesus Christ forever! Amen.

To him who by means of his power working in us is able to do so much more than we can ever ask for, or even think of:

And the Lord will rescue me from all evil and take me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus to life, will also raise us up with Jesus and take us, together with you, into his presence.

I am jealous for you, just as God is; you are like a pure virgin whom I have promised in marriage to one man only, Christ himself.

in order to present the church to himself in all its beauty---pure and faultless, without spot or wrinkle or any other imperfection.

But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence.

So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.

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

God has raised from death our Lord Jesus, who is the Great Shepherd of the sheep as the result of his blood, by which the eternal covenant is sealed. May the God of peace provide you with every good thing you need in order to do his will, and may he, through Jesus Christ, do in us what pleases him. And to Christ be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

(SEE 13:20)

They have never been known to tell lies; they are faultless.

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.

Jesus said to them, "You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

"When the Son of Man comes as King and all the angels with him, he will sit on his royal throne,

If you are ashamed of me and of my teaching, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first;

then we who are living at that time will be gathered up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

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

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

Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.

Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.

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

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