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16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
View on BibleGateway2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
View on BibleGateway2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
View on BibleGateway20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
View on BibleGateway25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
View on BibleGateway1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
View on BibleGateway1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
View on BibleGateway19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
View on BibleGateway14 but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
View on BibleGateway17 'Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who has made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
View on BibleGateway35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
View on BibleGateway7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
View on BibleGateway5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
View on BibleGateway1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
View on BibleGateway2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
View on BibleGateway8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
View on BibleGateway6 who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth--the LORD is his name.
View on BibleGateway12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
View on BibleGateway21 Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
View on BibleGateway18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
View on BibleGateway15 As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
View on BibleGateway9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
View on BibleGateway24 Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.
View on BibleGateway50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
View on BibleGateway9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
View on BibleGateway1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
View on BibleGateway17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
View on BibleGateway39 know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
View on BibleGateway21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
View on BibleGateway6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
View on BibleGateway20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
View on BibleGateway10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
View on BibleGateway7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
View on BibleGateway7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
View on BibleGateway19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
View on BibleGateway9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
View on BibleGateway23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
View on BibleGateway5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
View on BibleGateway19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
View on BibleGateway25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
View on BibleGateway1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.
View on BibleGateway5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
View on BibleGateway6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
View on BibleGateway7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
View on BibleGateway1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
View on BibleGateway39 know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
View on BibleGateway1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
View on BibleGateway15 As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil that he may carry away in his hand.
View on BibleGateway9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
View on BibleGateway24 Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD.
View on BibleGateway17 'Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who has made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
View on BibleGateway6 who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth--the LORD is his name.
View on BibleGateway17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
View on BibleGateway19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
View on BibleGateway19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
View on BibleGateway14 but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
View on BibleGateway21 Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
View on BibleGateway35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
View on BibleGateway19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
View on BibleGateway20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
View on BibleGateway7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
View on BibleGateway23 and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
View on BibleGateway50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
View on BibleGateway2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
View on BibleGateway2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
View on BibleGateway9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
View on BibleGateway10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
View on BibleGateway1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
View on BibleGateway12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
View on BibleGateway9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
View on BibleGateway20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
View on BibleGateway2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
View on BibleGateway16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
View on BibleGateway7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
View on BibleGateway18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
View on BibleGateway5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
View on BibleGateway21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
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