If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on
For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced tha
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death.
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships t
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage;
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, ri
in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put
For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?
Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in ou
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a
A soldier refrains from entangling himself in civilian affairs, in order to please the one who enlisted him.
Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of You
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeti