aActs 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13
bSee ch. 21:35
c1 John 2:29
dver. 16; ch. 23:5
e[1 Cor. 13:3]
fJohn 5:44
gLuke 6:24
hver. 27
iMatt. 5:45
jch. 1:32; See Mark 5:7
k[James 1:5]
l[Phil. 1:28]
m[Acts 14:22]; See Luke 20:35
n[Rev. 6:10]
o[Ex. 23:22; Joel 3:4, 7]
p[Rev. 6:11; 11:18; 14:13]
qSee Luke 17:30
rSee Jude 14
s[2 Thess. 1:4, 5]; See Rom. 8:17; Heb. 10:36; Rev. 20:4
tSee Matt. 10:33
uSee 1 Tim. 6:12
vActs 20:24
wCol. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:4
xSee James 1:12
yPs. 7:11
zch. 1:12
aa[Rev. 22:20]
ab1 Chr. 28:9; Jer. 29:12-14; [John 4:24]
ac1 Chr. 28:9; Jer. 29:12-14; [John 4:24]
adch. 13:13; [Ps. 89:50, 51; Phil. 3:7, 8; 1 Pet. 4:14]
aech. 2:2; 10:35
afPhil. 3:10, 11; See Acts 5:41
ag[ch. 1:5-7; 5:1; Rom. 8:17, 18; Jude 24]

Matthew 5:12

12 aRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for bso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 6:1-2

Giving to the Needy

1“Beware of cpracticing your righteousness before other people in order dto be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

2 e“Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may fbe praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have greceived their reward.

Luke 6:35

35But hlove your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and iyou will be sons of jthe Most High, for khe is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

2 Thessalonians 1:5-7

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

5This is levidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be mconsidered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6since indeed God considers it njust oto repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7and to grant prelief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when qthe Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven rwith his mighty angels

2 Timothy 2:12

12 sif we endure, we will also reign with him;
tif we deny him, he also will deny us;

2 Timothy 4:7-8

7 uI have fought the good fight, vI have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Henceforth there is wlaid up for me xthe crown of righteousness, which the Lord, ythe righteous judge, will award to me on zthat day, and not only to me but also to all aawho have loved his appearing.

Hebrews 11:6

6And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God abmust believe that he exists and acthat he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 11:26

26 adHe considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to aethe reward.

1 Peter 4:13

13But rejoice afinsofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad agwhen his glory is revealed.
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