Revelation 19:7-9
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7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for (A)the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And (B)to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, (C)for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
9 Then he said to me, “Write: (D)‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, (E)“These are the true sayings of God.”
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Revelation 21:27
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27 But (A)there shall by no means enter it anything [a]that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s (B)Book of Life.
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- Revelation 21:27 NU, M profane, nor one who causes
John 3:14-18
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14 (A)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so (B)must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever (C)believes in Him should [a]not perish but (D)have eternal life. 16 (E)For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten (F)Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 (G)For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 (H)“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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- John 3:15 NU omits not perish but
John 14:2-3
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John 17:24
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24 (A)“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; (B)for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
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Luke 10:20
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20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but [a]rather rejoice because (A)your names are written in heaven.”
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- Luke 10:20 NU, M omit rather
Hebrews 12:22-24
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22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, 23 to the [a]general assembly and church of (A)the firstborn (B)who are registered in heaven, to God (C)the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men (D)made perfect, 24 to Jesus (E)the Mediator of the new covenant, and to (F)the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things (G)than that of Abel.
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- Hebrews 12:23 festal gathering
Hebrews 10:32-35
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32 But (A)recall the former days in which, after you were [a]illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33 partly while you were made (B)a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while (C)you became companions of those who were so treated; 34 for you had compassion on [b]me (D)in my chains, and (E)joyfully accepted the plundering of your [c]goods, knowing that (F)you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves [d]in heaven. 35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, (G)which has great reward.
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- Hebrews 10:32 enlightened
- Hebrews 10:34 NU the prisoners instead of me in my chains
- Hebrews 10:34 possessions
- Hebrews 10:34 NU omits in heaven
Hebrews 6:17-20
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17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to (A)the heirs of promise (B)the [a]immutability of His counsel, [b]confirmed it by an oath, 18 that by two [c]immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to (C)lie, we [d]might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope (D)set before us.
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, (E)and which enters the Presence behind the veil, 20 (F)where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, (G)having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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- Hebrews 6:17 unchangeableness of His purpose
- Hebrews 6:17 guaranteed
- Hebrews 6:18 unchangeable
- Hebrews 6:18 M omits might
Philippians 4:2-3
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Be United, Joyful, and in Prayer
2 I implore Euodia and I implore Syntyche (A)to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 [a]And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who (B)labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in (C)the Book of Life.
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- Philippians 4:3 NU, M Yes
Philippians 3:17-21
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Our Citizenship in Heaven
17 Brethren, (A)join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as (B)you have us for a pattern. 18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are (C)the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 (D)whose end is destruction, (E)whose god is their belly, and (F)whose glory is in their shame—(G)who set their mind on earthly things. 20 For (H)our citizenship is in heaven, (I)from which we also (J)eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 (K)who will transform our lowly body that it may be (L)conformed to His glorious body, (M)according to the working by which He is able even to (N)subdue all things to Himself.
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1 Peter 1:3-4
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A Heavenly Inheritance
3 (A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who (B)according to His abundant mercy (C)has begotten us again to a living hope (D)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance [a]incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, (E)reserved in heaven for you,
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- 1 Peter 1:4 imperishable
2 Timothy 4:7-8
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7 (A)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me (B)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (C)Judge, will give to me (D)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
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Ephesians 2:19
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Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
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Ephesians 2:4-6
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4 But God, (A)who is rich in mercy, because of His (B)great love with which He loved us, 5 (C)even when we were dead in trespasses, (D)made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together (E)in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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