Hebrews 12:23

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. Th

Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are tr

And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peop

All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for whi

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to t

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the chu

When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.

And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the w

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity

Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Cle

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approva

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters,

Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fu

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he h

giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for wh

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

“Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man an

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is writ

Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”

And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.