For our citizenshipis in heaven,from whichalsowe eagerly waitfor a Savior,the LordJesusChrist;
You will makeknownto me the pathof life;In Your presenceis fullnessof joy;In Your righthandthere are pleasuresforever.
As for me, I shall beholdYour facein righteousness;I will be satisfiedwith Your likenesswhen I awake.
The pathof life[leads] upwardfor the wiseThat he may keepawayfrom Sheolbelow.
Jesussaidto him, "Ifyou wishto be complete,go[and] sellyour possessionsand giveto [the] poor,and you will havetreasurein heaven;and come,followMe."
"Sois the man who stores up treasurefor himself,and is not richtowardGod."
and you will be blessed,sincethey do not have[the means] to repayyou; for you will be repaidat the resurrectionof the righteous."
They alsosaid,"Menof Galilee,whydo you standlookinginto the sky?ThisJesus,who has been takenup from you into heaven,will comein justthe same wayas you have watchedHim gointo heaven."
sothat you are not lackingin anygift,awaiting eagerlythe revelationof our LordJesusChrist,
As is the earthy,soalsoare thosewho are earthy;and as is the heavenly,soalsoare thosewho are heavenly.
while we looknot at the things which are seen,but at the things which are not seen;for the things which are seenare temporal,but the things which are not seenare eternal.
we are of good courage,I say, and preferratherto be absentfrom the bodyand to be at homewith the Lord.
But the Jerusalemaboveis free;she is our mother.
So thenyou are no longerstrangersand aliens,but you are fellow citizenswith the saints,and are of God'shousehold,
and raisedus up with Him, and seatedus with Him in the heavenly[places] in ChristJesus,
sothat you may approvethe things that are excellent,in orderto be sincereand blamelessuntilthe dayof Christ;
Onlyconductyourselves in a manner worthyof the gospelof Christ,sothat whetherI comeand seeyou orremain absent,I will hearof you that you are standing firmin onespirit,with onemindstriving togetherfor the faithof the gospel;
becauseof the hopelaidup for you in heaven,of whichyou previously heardin the wordof truth,the gospel
and to waitfor His Sonfrom heaven,whomHe raisedfrom the dead,[that is] Jesus,who rescuesus from the wrathto come.
For the LordHimselfwill descendfrom heavenwith a shout,with the voiceof [the] archangeland with the trumpetof God,and the deadin Christwill risefirst.
in the futurethere is laidup for me the crownof righteousness,whichthe Lord,the righteousJudge,will awardto me on that day;and not onlyto me, but alsoto allwho have lovedHis appearing.
lookingfor the blessedhopeand the appearingof the gloryof our greatGodand Savior,ChristJesus,
But you have cometo MountZionand to the cityof the livingGod,the heavenlyJerusalem,and to myriadsof angels,
soChristalso,having been offeredonceto bearthe sinsof many,will appeara second timefor salvationwithout[reference to] sin,to thosewho eagerly awaitHim.
BEHOLD,HE IS COMINGWITH THE CLOUDS,and everyeyewill seeHim, eventhose whopiercedHim; and allthe tribesof the earthwill mournoverHim. Soit is to be. Amen.