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.

Hebrews 11:5

5By faith cEnoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

Hebrews 11:16

16But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed dto be called their God, for ehe has prepared for them a city.

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