Heb 11:40, Rev 3:4-5, 14:13 | ISV | STEP | since God had planned something better for us so that they would not become perfect without us.

Hebrews 11:40

40 since God had planned something better for us so that they would not become perfect without us.Heb 5:9; 7:22; 8:6; 12:23; Rev 6:11

4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me in white clothes because they are worthy.Acts 1:15; Jude 1:23; Rev 4:4; 6:11 5 The person who conquers in this way will wear white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.Exod 32:32; Ps 69:28; Matt 10:32; Luke 12:8; Phil 4:3; Rev 13:8; 17:8; 19:8; 20:12; 21:27

13 I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: How blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!”

“Yes,” says the Spirit. “Let them rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them.”Eccl 4:1-2; 1Cor 15:18; 1Thes 4:16; 2Thes 1:7; Heb 4:9-10; Rev 6:11; 20:6