According to my earnest expectation and {my} hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but {that} with all boldness, as always, {so} now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether {it be} by life, or by death.

Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, {there} ye may be also.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

Nevertheless I {am} continually with thee: thou hast holden {me} by my right hand.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. {labour: or, endeavour}

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence {is} fulness of joy; at thy right hand {there are} pleasures for evermore.

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

I have fought a good fight, I have finished {my} course, I have kept the faith:

{Seeing} then {that} all these things shall be dissolved, what manner {of persons} ought ye to be in {all} holy conversation and godliness,

Then we which are alive {and} remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

His lord said unto him, Well done, {thou} good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Knowing that shortly I must put off {this} my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.

For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: {conversation...: or, we live or conduct ourselves as citizens of heaven, or, for obtaining heaven}

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed {are} the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}

A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will {my} Father honour.

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness. {enter into: or, go in} {in his...: or, before him}

Then we which are alive {and} remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

{Then} will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. {labour: or, endeavour}

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting {you} in remembrance;

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? {of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, {written: or, enrolled}

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: