Romans 8:17

As God's children we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, sharing His sufferings and His glory. Our inheritance is certain, and present suffering precedes future glory.

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• Gal 4:7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
• Gal 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
• Eph 3:6This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Pet 4:13But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
• Rev 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
• 1 Pet 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
• 2 Tim 2:10–14For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
• Phil 1:29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Titus 3:7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Heb 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
• 2 Cor 1:7And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
• Rom 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
• John 12:25–26Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Matt 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
• Rom 5:9–10Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
• 2 Cor 4:8–12We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
• Heb 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
• Acts 20:32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
• Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Rom 8:29–30For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
• Luke 24:26Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
• Rom 8:3For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
• Matt 25:21His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
• 1 Cor 2:9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
• Luke 22:29–30And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
• 1 Cor 3:22–23whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
• Acts 26:18to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

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