so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.
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.
But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
I wait for your salvation, O Lord.
For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!
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