2 Corinthians 5:6-8

6So we are always of good courage. We know that awhile we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7for bwe walk by faith, not cby sight. 8Yes, we are of good courage, and we dwould rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Philippians 1:23

23 eI am hard pressed between the two. My desire is fto depart and gbe with Christ, for that is far better.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

16For hthe Lord himself will descend ifrom heaven jwith a cry of command, with the voice of kan archangel, and lwith the sound of the trumpet of God. And mthe dead in Christ will rise first. 17Then we who are alive, who are left, will be ncaught up together with them oin the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so pwe will always be with the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 1:12

12so that the name of our Lord Jesus qmay be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:1

The Man of Lawlessness

1Now concerning rthe coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our sbeing gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,
Or  brothers and sisters; also verses 13, 15

2 Timothy 2:12

12 uif we endure, we will also reign with him;
vif we deny him, he also will deny us;

Hebrews 9:28

28so Christ, having been offered once wto bear the sins of xmany, will appear ya second time, znot to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly aawaiting for him.

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