For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

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.

If we suffer, we shall also reign with {him}: if we deny {him}, he also will deny us:

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with {him}, that we may be also glorified together.

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come {again} unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

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.

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. {comfortless: or, orphans}

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

And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth {his} sheep from the goats:

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

That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

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:

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.

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon {God}, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

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:

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

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. {comfortless: or, orphans}

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.

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

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.

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.

And hath raised {us} up together, and made {us} sit together in heavenly {places} in Christ Jesus:

We are confident, {I say}, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. {ye do...: or, shew ye}

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me {to} glory.

They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. {strength to...: or, company to company}

For since the beginning of the world {men} have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, {what} he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. {seen...: or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, etc}

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

But that which ye have {already} hold fast till I come.

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.

Mine eyes {shall be} upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. {in a...: or, perfect in the way}

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

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}

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

[A Psalm of David.] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? {abide: Heb. sojourn}

When Christ, {who is} our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. {power: Heb. hand} {the grave: or, hell}

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find {me}: and where I am, {thither} ye cannot come.

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

And he shall make an atonement for the holy {place}, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. {remaineth: Heb. dwelleth}

With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace.

{It was} therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.