If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. In your presence there is fullness of joy Īt your right hand are pleasures forevermore.ġ“Let not your hearts be troubled. Their drink offerings of blood I will not pour outĥThe LORD is my chosen portion and my cup ĦThe lines have fallen for me in pleasant places īecause he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.ĩTherefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices ġ0For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.ġPreserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.ģAs for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,ĤThe sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply
17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 15For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.ġ6So we do not lose heart. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my Godġ3Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. The early rain also covers it with pools. 4And you will say in that day:ĥ“Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously ĦShout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,įor great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”ĤBlessed are those who dwell in your house,ĥBlessed are those whose strength is in you, The LORD is your shade on your right hand.įor the LORD GOD is my strength and my song,ģWith joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
7The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”ĥAnd he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” 6And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. 2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Psalm 23ġThe LORD is my shepherd I shall not want.Ģ He makes me lie down in green pastures.ĤEven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,ĦSurely goodness and mercy shall follow meĪnd I shall dwell in the house of the LORDġThen I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. This article is part of the Passages to Read series.