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.

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And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back(A) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.(B)

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16 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:

17 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.

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16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,(A) with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel(B) and with the trumpet call of God,(C) and the dead in Christ will rise first.(D) 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left(E) will be caught up together with them in the clouds(F) to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord(G) forever.

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26 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.

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26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.(A) My Father will honor the one who serves me.

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

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12 if we endure,
    we will also reign with him.(A)
If we disown him,
    he will also disown us;(B)

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11 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.

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11 “Men of Galilee,”(A) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back(B) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

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28 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.

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28 so Christ was sacrificed once(A) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,(B) not to bear sin,(C) but to bring salvation(D) to those who are waiting for him.(E)

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17 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.

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17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(A)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(B) in order that we may also share in his glory.(C)

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24 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.

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24 “Father, I want those you have given me(A) to be with me where I am,(B) and to see my glory,(C) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.(D)

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28 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.

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28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’(A) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,(B) for the Father is greater than I.(C)

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18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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18 I will not leave you as orphans;(A) I will come to you.(B) 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.(C) Because I live, you also will live.(D) 20 On that day(E) you will realize that I am in my Father,(F) and you are in me, and I am in you.(G) 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(H) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(I) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas(J) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(K)

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(L) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(M)

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12 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.

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

12 We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,(A) and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.[a]

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Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ(B) and our being gathered to him,(C) we ask you, brothers and sisters,

Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:12 Or God and Lord, Jesus Christ

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

(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

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

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Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight.(A) We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(B)

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

23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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22 I did not see a temple(A) in the city, because the Lord God Almighty(B) and the Lamb(C) are its temple. 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God(D) gives it light,(E) and the Lamb(F) is its lamp.

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