Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
1 Peter 1:4 - English Standard Version 2016 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Born anew] into an inheritance which is beyond the reach of change and decay [imperishable], unsullied and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, American Standard Version (1901) unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Common English Bible You have a pure and enduring inheritance that cannot perish—an inheritance that is presently kept safe in heaven for you. Catholic Public Domain Version unto an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, which is reserved for you in heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that can not fade, reserved in heaven for you, |
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
“For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain.
And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”
Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.
For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but God gave it to Abraham by a promise.
In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.