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.
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
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.
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.
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