Dan 12:3, Mat 25:34, 36, 1Cor 15:41-54, 58, Rev 21:3-5, 22-23 | ESV | STEP | And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness , like the stars forever and ever .

3 ^aAnd those who are wise ^bshall shine like the brightness of the sky above; ^{▼▼Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8} and ^dthose who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Matthew 25:34

34 Then ^ethe King will say to ^fthose on his right, ‘Come, you ^gwho are blessed by my Father, ^hinherit ⁱthe kingdom ^jprepared for you ^kfrom the foundation of the world.

Matthew 25:36

36 ^lI was naked and you clothed me, ^mI was sick and you ⁿvisited me, ^oI was in prison and you came to me.’

1 Corinthians 15:41-54

41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

42 ^pSo is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; ^qit is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 Thus it is written, ^r“The first man Adam became a living being”; ^{▼▼Greek a living soul} ^tthe last Adam became a ^ulife-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 ^vThe first man was from the earth, ^wa man of dust; ^xthe second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, ^yso also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just ^zas we have borne the image of the man of dust, ^aawe shall ^{▼▼Some manuscripts let us} also bear the image of the man of heaven.

Mystery and Victory

50 I tell you this, brothers: ^acflesh and blood ^adcannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. ^aeWe shall not all sleep, ^afbut we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For ^agthe trumpet will sound, and ^ahthe dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and ^aithis mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

^aj“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

58 ^akTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^althe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^amyour labor is not in vain.

Revelation of John 21:3-5

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, ^anthe dwelling place ^{▼▼Or tabernacle} of God is with man. He will ^apdwell with them, and they will be his people, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts peoples} and God himself will be with them as their God. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit as their God} 4 ^asHe will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and ^atdeath shall be no more, ^auneither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

5 And ^avhe who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I ^awam making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for ^axthese words are trustworthy and true.”

Revelation of John 21:22-23

22 And ^ayI saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city ^azhas no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for ^bathe glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.