John 14:2 In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.

14:2 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified Bible - In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
新标点和合本 - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
当代译本 - 我父的家里有许多住处，不然我就不会说去为你们预备地方了。
圣经新译本 - 在我父的家里，有许多住的地方；如果没有，我怎么会告诉你们我去是要为你们预备地方呢？（下半节或译：“如果没有，我早就对你们说了，因为我去是为你们预备地方。”）
中文标准译本 - 在我父家里有很多住处。如果没有，我怎么会告诉你们说，我去是要为你们预备地方呢？
现代标点和合本 - 在我父的家里有许多住处，若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了，我去原是为你们预备地方去。
和合本（拼音版） - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
New International Version - My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
New International Reader's Version - There are many rooms in my Father’s house. If this were not true, would I have told you that I am going there? Would I have told you that I would prepare a place for you there?
English Standard Version - In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
New Living Translation - There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
Christian Standard Bible - In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
New American Standard Bible - In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
New King James Version - In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
American Standard Version - In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
King James Version - In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
New English Translation - There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.
World English Bible - In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
新標點和合本 - 在我父的家裏有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 在我父的家裏有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 在我父的家裏有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。
當代譯本 - 我父的家裡有許多住處，不然我就不會說去為你們預備地方了。
聖經新譯本 - 在我父的家裡，有許多住的地方；如果沒有，我怎麼會告訴你們我去是要為你們預備地方呢？（下半節或譯：“如果沒有，我早就對你們說了，因為我去是為你們預備地方。”）
呂振中譯本 - 在我父家裏、有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了；因為我去，原是要為你們豫備地方去的。
中文標準譯本 - 在我父家裡有很多住處。如果沒有，我怎麼會告訴你們說，我去是要為你們預備地方呢？
現代標點和合本 - 在我父的家裡有許多住處，若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了，我去原是為你們預備地方去。
文理和合譯本 - 我父家多第宅、否則我必先告爾、我往備爾所居耳、
文理委辦譯本 - 我父家多第宅、否則我必告爾、我往為爾備所居、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我父家多第宅、否則我必告爾、我往為爾備居處、或作否則我豈告爾我往為爾備居處乎
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾父宅中、廣廈萬間、足庇爾眾。如其不然、予必早已相告矣。
Nueva Versión Internacional - En el hogar de mi Padre hay muchas viviendas; si no fuera así, ya se lo habría dicho a ustedes. Voy a prepararles un lugar.
현대인의 성경 - 내 아버지의 집에는 있을 곳이 많다. 그렇지 않으면 내가 너희에게 말해 주었을 것이다. 나는 너희가 있을 곳을 마련하러 간다.
Новый Русский Перевод - В доме Моего Отца много комнат , и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
Восточный перевод - В доме Моего Отца много комнат, и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - В доме Моего Отца много комнат, и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - В доме Моего Отца много комнат, и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dans la maison de mon Père, il y a beaucoup de demeures ; si ce n’était pas vrai, je vous l’aurais dit : en effet je vais vous préparer une place.
リビングバイブル - 父の住んでおられる所には、家がたくさんあります。もしなかったら、はっきり言っておいたでしょう。わたしは、あなたがたを迎える家を準備しに行くのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν· εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ Πατρός μου, μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν; εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν, ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν;
Nova Versão Internacional - Na casa de meu Pai há muitos aposentos; se não fosse assim, eu teria dito a vocês. Vou preparar lugar para vocês.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn im Haus meines Vaters gibt es viele Wohnungen. Sonst hätte ich euch nicht gesagt: Ich gehe hin, um dort alles für euch vorzubereiten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trong nhà Cha Ta có nhiều chỗ ở. Nếu không, Ta đã nói cho các con rồi. Ta đi chuẩn bị chỗ ở cho các con.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในนิเวศของพระบิดาของเรามีห้องมากมาย ถ้าไม่มีเราคงได้บอกพวกท่านแล้ว เรากำลังไปที่นั่นเพื่อเตรียมที่สำหรับพวกท่าน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในบ้านของพระบิดาของเรามีที่อยู่มากมาย ถ้าไม่เป็นเช่นนั้นแล้วเราก็จะไม่บอกเจ้าหรอก เราไปเพื่อจัดเตรียมที่ให้พวกเจ้า

交叉引用

Acts 9:16 - for I will make clear to him how much he must suffer and endure for My name’s sake.”
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - For God has not destined us to [incur His] wrath [that is, He did not select us to condemn us], but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Therefore, we speak of you with pride among the churches of God for your steadfastness [your unflinching endurance, and patience] and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecution and [crushing] distress which you endure.
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - This is a positive proof of the righteous judgment of God [a sign of His fair verdict], so that you will be considered worthy of His kingdom, for which indeed you are suffering.
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,
2 Thessalonians 1:7 - and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,
2 Thessalonians 1:8 - dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
2 Thessalonians 1:9 - These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
2 Thessalonians 1:10 - when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day [that is, glorified through the changed lives of those who have accepted Him as Savior and have been set apart for His purpose], and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed and trusted [and confirmed in your lives].
Revelation 3:21 - He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne.
Revelation 21:10 - And he carried me away in the Spirit to a vast and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy (sanctified) city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:11 - having God’s glory [filled with His radiant light]. The brilliance of it resembled a rare and very precious jewel, like jasper, shining and clear as crystal.
Revelation 21:12 - It had a massive and high wall, with twelve [large] gates, and at the gates [were stationed] twelve angels; and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were written.
Revelation 21:13 - On the east side [there were] three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
Revelation 21:14 - And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Christ).
Revelation 21:15 - The one who was speaking with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall.
Revelation 21:16 - The city is laid out as a square, its length being the same as its width; and he measured the city with his rod—twelve thousand stadia (about 1,400 miles); its length and width and height are equal.
Revelation 21:17 - He measured its wall also—a hundred forty-four cubits (about 200 feet), according to man’s measurements, which are [also] angelic [measurements].
Revelation 21:18 - The wall was built of jasper; and the city was pure gold, transparent like clear crystal.
Revelation 21:19 - The foundation stones of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
Revelation 21:20 - the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite (yellow topaz); the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
Revelation 21:21 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each separate gate was of one single pearl. And the street (broad way) of the city was pure gold, like transparent crystal.
Revelation 21:22 - I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all] and the Lamb are its temple.
Revelation 21:23 - And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the glory (splendor, radiance) of God has illumined it, and the Lamb is its lamp and light.
Revelation 21:24 - The nations [the redeemed people from the earth] will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring into it their glory.
Revelation 21:25 - By day (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed [in fear of evil];
Revelation 21:26 - and they will bring the glory (splendor, majesty) and the honor of the nations into it;
Revelation 21:27 - and nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominations [detestable, morally repugnant things] and lying, but only those [will be admitted] whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Hebrews 9:8 - By this the Holy Spirit signifies that the way into the Holy Place [the true Holy of Holies and the presence of God] has not yet been disclosed as long as the first or outer tabernacle is still standing [that is, as long as the Levitical system of worship remains a recognized institution],
1 Thessalonians 3:3 - so that no one would be unsettled by these difficulties [to which I have referred]. For you know that we have been destined for this [as something unavoidable in our position].
1 Thessalonians 3:4 - For even when we were with you, we warned you plainly in advance that we were going to experience persecution; and so, as you know, it has come to pass.
Luke 14:26 - “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]—he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:27 - Whoever does not carry his own cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow after Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:28 - For which one of you, when he wants to build a watchtower [for his guards], does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?
Luke 14:29 - Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is unable to finish [the building], all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
Luke 14:30 - saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
Luke 14:31 - Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:32 - Or else [if he feels he is not powerful enough], while the other [king] is still a far distance away, he sends an envoy and asks for terms of peace.
Luke 14:33 - So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not [carefully consider the cost and then for My sake] give up all his own possessions.
Revelation 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all] freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—
Hebrews 6:20 - where Jesus has entered [in advance] as a forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 11:10 - For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has foundations, [an eternal, heavenly city] whose architect and builder is God.
Titus 1:2 - based on the hope and divine guarantee of eternal life, [the life] which God, who is ever truthful and without deceit, promised before the ages of time began,
Hebrews 9:23 - Therefore it was necessary for the [earthly] copies of the heavenly things to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves required far better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 9:24 - For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;
Hebrews 9:25 - nor did He [enter into the heavenly sanctuary to] offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
Hebrews 9:26 - Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer over and over since the foundation of the world; but now once for all at the consummation of the ages He has appeared and been publicly manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
John 12:25 - The one who loves his life [eventually] loses it [through death], but the one who hates his life in this world [and is concerned with pleasing God] will keep it for life eternal.
John 12:26 - If anyone serves Me, he must [continue to faithfully] follow Me [without hesitation, holding steadfastly to Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]; and wherever I am [in heaven’s glory], there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
John 17:24 - Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
John 16:4 - I have told you these things [now], so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
John 13:33 - Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’
Hebrews 11:14 - Now those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
Hebrews 11:15 - And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return.
Hebrews 11:16 - But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.
Revelation 21:2 - And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, arrayed like a bride adorned for her husband;
Revelation 3:12 - He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God; he will most certainly never be put out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My [own] new name.
Hebrews 13:14 - For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
2 Corinthians 5:1 - For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
John 13:36 - Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but you will be able to follow later.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
新标点和合本 - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
当代译本 - 我父的家里有许多住处，不然我就不会说去为你们预备地方了。
圣经新译本 - 在我父的家里，有许多住的地方；如果没有，我怎么会告诉你们我去是要为你们预备地方呢？（下半节或译：“如果没有，我早就对你们说了，因为我去是为你们预备地方。”）
中文标准译本 - 在我父家里有很多住处。如果没有，我怎么会告诉你们说，我去是要为你们预备地方呢？
现代标点和合本 - 在我父的家里有许多住处，若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了，我去原是为你们预备地方去。
和合本（拼音版） - 在我父的家里有许多住处；若是没有，我就早已告诉你们了。我去原是为你们预备地方去。
New International Version - My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
New International Reader's Version - There are many rooms in my Father’s house. If this were not true, would I have told you that I am going there? Would I have told you that I would prepare a place for you there?
English Standard Version - In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
New Living Translation - There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
Christian Standard Bible - In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
New American Standard Bible - In My Father’s house are many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.
New King James Version - In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
American Standard Version - In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
King James Version - In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
New English Translation - There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.
World English Bible - In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
新標點和合本 - 在我父的家裏有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 在我父的家裏有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 在我父的家裏有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。
當代譯本 - 我父的家裡有許多住處，不然我就不會說去為你們預備地方了。
聖經新譯本 - 在我父的家裡，有許多住的地方；如果沒有，我怎麼會告訴你們我去是要為你們預備地方呢？（下半節或譯：“如果沒有，我早就對你們說了，因為我去是為你們預備地方。”）
呂振中譯本 - 在我父家裏、有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了；因為我去，原是要為你們豫備地方去的。
中文標準譯本 - 在我父家裡有很多住處。如果沒有，我怎麼會告訴你們說，我去是要為你們預備地方呢？
現代標點和合本 - 在我父的家裡有許多住處，若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了，我去原是為你們預備地方去。
文理和合譯本 - 我父家多第宅、否則我必先告爾、我往備爾所居耳、
文理委辦譯本 - 我父家多第宅、否則我必告爾、我往為爾備所居、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我父家多第宅、否則我必告爾、我往為爾備居處、或作否則我豈告爾我往為爾備居處乎
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 吾父宅中、廣廈萬間、足庇爾眾。如其不然、予必早已相告矣。
Nueva Versión Internacional - En el hogar de mi Padre hay muchas viviendas; si no fuera así, ya se lo habría dicho a ustedes. Voy a prepararles un lugar.
현대인의 성경 - 내 아버지의 집에는 있을 곳이 많다. 그렇지 않으면 내가 너희에게 말해 주었을 것이다. 나는 너희가 있을 곳을 마련하러 간다.
Новый Русский Перевод - В доме Моего Отца много комнат , и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
Восточный перевод - В доме Моего Отца много комнат, и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - В доме Моего Отца много комнат, и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - В доме Моего Отца много комнат, и если бы это было не так, то разве Я сказал бы вам: «Я иду приготовить место для вас»?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Dans la maison de mon Père, il y a beaucoup de demeures ; si ce n’était pas vrai, je vous l’aurais dit : en effet je vais vous préparer une place.
リビングバイブル - 父の住んでおられる所には、家がたくさんあります。もしなかったら、はっきり言っておいたでしょう。わたしは、あなたがたを迎える家を準備しに行くのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν· εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ Πατρός μου, μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν; εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν, ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν;
Nova Versão Internacional - Na casa de meu Pai há muitos aposentos; se não fosse assim, eu teria dito a vocês. Vou preparar lugar para vocês.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn im Haus meines Vaters gibt es viele Wohnungen. Sonst hätte ich euch nicht gesagt: Ich gehe hin, um dort alles für euch vorzubereiten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Trong nhà Cha Ta có nhiều chỗ ở. Nếu không, Ta đã nói cho các con rồi. Ta đi chuẩn bị chỗ ở cho các con.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ในนิเวศของพระบิดาของเรามีห้องมากมาย ถ้าไม่มีเราคงได้บอกพวกท่านแล้ว เรากำลังไปที่นั่นเพื่อเตรียมที่สำหรับพวกท่าน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในบ้านของพระบิดาของเรามีที่อยู่มากมาย ถ้าไม่เป็นเช่นนั้นแล้วเราก็จะไม่บอกเจ้าหรอก เราไปเพื่อจัดเตรียมที่ให้พวกเจ้า

Acts 9:16 - for I will make clear to him how much he must suffer and endure for My name’s sake.”
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - For God has not destined us to [incur His] wrath [that is, He did not select us to condemn us], but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Therefore, we speak of you with pride among the churches of God for your steadfastness [your unflinching endurance, and patience] and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecution and [crushing] distress which you endure.
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - This is a positive proof of the righteous judgment of God [a sign of His fair verdict], so that you will be considered worthy of His kingdom, for which indeed you are suffering.
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,
2 Thessalonians 1:7 - and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,
2 Thessalonians 1:8 - dealing out [full and complete] vengeance to those who do not [seek to] know God and to those who ignore and refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus [by choosing not to respond to Him].
2 Thessalonians 1:9 - These people will pay the penalty and endure the punishment of everlasting destruction, banished from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
2 Thessalonians 1:10 - when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day [that is, glorified through the changed lives of those who have accepted Him as Savior and have been set apart for His purpose], and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed and trusted [and confirmed in your lives].
Revelation 3:21 - He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne.
Revelation 21:10 - And he carried me away in the Spirit to a vast and lofty mountain, and showed me the holy (sanctified) city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:11 - having God’s glory [filled with His radiant light]. The brilliance of it resembled a rare and very precious jewel, like jasper, shining and clear as crystal.
Revelation 21:12 - It had a massive and high wall, with twelve [large] gates, and at the gates [were stationed] twelve angels; and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were written.
Revelation 21:13 - On the east side [there were] three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
Revelation 21:14 - And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Christ).
Revelation 21:15 - The one who was speaking with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall.
Revelation 21:16 - The city is laid out as a square, its length being the same as its width; and he measured the city with his rod—twelve thousand stadia (about 1,400 miles); its length and width and height are equal.
Revelation 21:17 - He measured its wall also—a hundred forty-four cubits (about 200 feet), according to man’s measurements, which are [also] angelic [measurements].
Revelation 21:18 - The wall was built of jasper; and the city was pure gold, transparent like clear crystal.
Revelation 21:19 - The foundation stones of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
Revelation 21:20 - the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite (yellow topaz); the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
Revelation 21:21 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each separate gate was of one single pearl. And the street (broad way) of the city was pure gold, like transparent crystal.
Revelation 21:22 - I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty [the Omnipotent, the Ruler of all] and the Lamb are its temple.
Revelation 21:23 - And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the glory (splendor, radiance) of God has illumined it, and the Lamb is its lamp and light.
Revelation 21:24 - The nations [the redeemed people from the earth] will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring into it their glory.
Revelation 21:25 - By day (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed [in fear of evil];
Revelation 21:26 - and they will bring the glory (splendor, majesty) and the honor of the nations into it;
Revelation 21:27 - and nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices abominations [detestable, morally repugnant things] and lying, but only those [will be admitted] whose names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Hebrews 9:8 - By this the Holy Spirit signifies that the way into the Holy Place [the true Holy of Holies and the presence of God] has not yet been disclosed as long as the first or outer tabernacle is still standing [that is, as long as the Levitical system of worship remains a recognized institution],
1 Thessalonians 3:3 - so that no one would be unsettled by these difficulties [to which I have referred]. For you know that we have been destined for this [as something unavoidable in our position].
1 Thessalonians 3:4 - For even when we were with you, we warned you plainly in advance that we were going to experience persecution; and so, as you know, it has come to pass.
Luke 14:26 - “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]—he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:27 - Whoever does not carry his own cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow after Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:28 - For which one of you, when he wants to build a watchtower [for his guards], does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?
Luke 14:29 - Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is unable to finish [the building], all who see it will begin to ridicule him,
Luke 14:30 - saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
Luke 14:31 - Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 14:32 - Or else [if he feels he is not powerful enough], while the other [king] is still a far distance away, he sends an envoy and asks for terms of peace.
Luke 14:33 - So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not [carefully consider the cost and then for My sake] give up all his own possessions.
Revelation 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who [always] loves us and who [has once for all] freed us [or washed us] from our sins by His own blood (His sacrificial death)—
Hebrews 6:20 - where Jesus has entered [in advance] as a forerunner for us, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 11:10 - For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has foundations, [an eternal, heavenly city] whose architect and builder is God.
Titus 1:2 - based on the hope and divine guarantee of eternal life, [the life] which God, who is ever truthful and without deceit, promised before the ages of time began,
Hebrews 9:23 - Therefore it was necessary for the [earthly] copies of the heavenly things to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves required far better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 9:24 - For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but [He entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf;
Hebrews 9:25 - nor did He [enter into the heavenly sanctuary to] offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
Hebrews 9:26 - Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer over and over since the foundation of the world; but now once for all at the consummation of the ages He has appeared and been publicly manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
John 12:25 - The one who loves his life [eventually] loses it [through death], but the one who hates his life in this world [and is concerned with pleasing God] will keep it for life eternal.
John 12:26 - If anyone serves Me, he must [continue to faithfully] follow Me [without hesitation, holding steadfastly to Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]; and wherever I am [in heaven’s glory], there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
John 17:24 - Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
John 16:4 - I have told you these things [now], so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
John 13:33 - Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’
Hebrews 11:14 - Now those who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.
Hebrews 11:15 - And if they had been thinking of that country from which they departed [as their true home], they would have had [a continuing] opportunity to return.
Hebrews 11:16 - But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.
Revelation 21:2 - And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, arrayed like a bride adorned for her husband;
Revelation 3:12 - He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God; he will most certainly never be put out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God, and My [own] new name.
Hebrews 13:14 - For here we have no lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
2 Corinthians 5:1 - For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
John 13:36 - Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but you will be able to follow later.”