Bible verses about "paradise" | Moffatt

³¹ so he spoke with a prevision of the resurrection of the Christ, when he said that he was not forsaken in the grave nor did his flesh suffer decay.

¹⁹ There was a rich man, clad in purple and fine linen, who lived sumptuously every day. ²⁰ Outside his door lay a poor man called Lazarus; he was a mass of ulcers, ²¹ and fain to eat up the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. (The very dogs used to come and lick his ulcers.) ²² Now it happened that the poor man died, and he was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man died too, and was buried. ²³ And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom; ²⁴ so he called out, 'Father Abraham, take pity on me, send Lazarus to dip his fingertip in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in these flames.' ²⁵ But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, you got all the bliss when you were alive, just as Lazarus got the ills of life; he is in comfort now, and you are in anguish. ²⁶ Besides all that, a great gulf yawns between us and you, to keep back those who want to cross from us to you and also those who want to pass from you to us.' ²⁷ Then he said, 'Well, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house, ²⁸ for I have five brothers; let him bear testimony to them, that they may not come to this place of torture as well.' ²⁹ 'They have got Moses and the prophets,' said Abraham, 'they can listen to them.' ³⁰ 'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone only goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' ³¹ He said to him, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced, not even if one rose from the dead."

⁹ Confess with your mouth that 'Jesus is Lord,' believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, and you will be saved;

² I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. In the body or out of the body? That I do not know: God knows.

²³ Sin's wage is death, but God's gift is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹ Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world.

¹⁸ I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found. ¹² And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne, and books were opened — also another book, the book of Life, was opened — and the dead were judged by what was written in these books, by what they had done. ¹³ The sea gave up its corpses, Death and Hades gave up their dead, and all were judged by what each had done. ¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were flung into the lake of fire, ¹⁵ and whoever was not found enrolled in the book of Life was flung into the lake of fire — which is the second death, the lake of fire.

¹³ The sea gave up its corpses, Death and Hades gave up their dead, and all were judged by what each had done. ¹⁴ Then Death and Hades were flung into the lake of fire,

⁷ just as Sodom and Gomorra and the adjacent cities, which similarly glutted themselves with vice and sensual perversity, are exhibited as a warning of the everlasting fire they are sentenced to suffer.

³³ Sell what you possess and give it away in alms, make purses for yourselves that never wear out: get treasure in heaven that never fails, that no thief can get at, no moth destroy. ³⁴ For where your treasure lies, your heart will lie there too.

¹ Then I saw the new heaven and the new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea is no more.

¹ Then I saw the new heaven and the new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea is no more. ² And I saw the holy City, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, all ready like a bride arrayed for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, crying, "Lo, God's dwelling-place is with men, with men will he dwell; they shall be his people, and God will himself be with them: ⁴ he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more — no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away." ⁵ Then he who was seated on the throne said, "Lo, I make all things new." And he said, "Write this: 'these words are trustworthy and genuine.'" ⁶ Then he said, "All is over! I am the alpha and the omega, the First and the Last. I will let the thirsty drink of the fountain of the water of Life without price. ⁷ The conqueror shall obtain this, and I will be his God, and he shall be my son; ⁸ but as for the craven, the faithless, the abominable, as for murderers, the immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and liars of all kinds — their lot is the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." ⁹ Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues; and he spoke to me thus, "Come, and I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." ¹⁰ So he carried me off, rapt in the Spirit, to a huge, high mountain, where he showed me the City, the holy Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, ¹¹ with the glory of God. The sheen of it resembled some rare jewel like jasper, clear as crystal; ¹² it has a huge, high wall with twelve gates, twelve angels at the twelve gates, and names inscribed thereon which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, ¹³ three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. ¹⁴ And the wall of the City has twelve foundation-stones, bearing the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. ¹⁵ He who talked to me had a golden wand by way of a measuring-rod, to measure the City and its gates and wall; ¹⁶ the City lies foursquare, the length the same as the breadth, and he measured fifteen hundred miles with his rod for the City, for its breadth and length and height alike; ¹⁷ he made the measure of the wall seventy-two yards, by human, that is, by angelic reckoning. ¹⁸ The material of the wall is jasper, but the City is made of pure gold, transparent like glass. ¹⁹ The foundation-stones of the city-wall are adorned with all sorts of precious stones, the first foundation-stone being of jasper, the second of sapphire, the third of agate, the fourth of emerald, ²⁰ the fifth of onyx, the sixth of sardius, the seventh of chrysolite, the eighth of beryl, the ninth of topaz, the tenth of chrysoprase, the eleventh of jacinth, the twelfth of amethyst. ²¹ The twelve gates are twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl; and the streets of the City are pure gold, clear as crystal. ²² But I saw no temple in the City, for its temple is the Lord God almighty and the Lamb. ²³ And the City needs no sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God illumines it, and the Lamb lights it up. ²⁴ By its light will the nations walk; and into it will the kings of earth bring their glories ²⁵ (the gates of it will never be shut by day, and night there shall be none), ²⁶ they will bring to it the glories and treasures of the nations. ²⁷ Nothing profane, none who practises abomination or falsehood shall enter, but those alone whose names are written in the Lamb's book of Life.

⁷ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror I will allow to eat from the tree of Life which is within the paradise of God.'

⁴ he will wipe every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more — no more wailing or crying or pain, for the first things have passed away."

⁹ No, as it is written, what no eye has ever seen, what no ear has ever heard, what never entered the mind of man, God has prepared all that for those who love him.

⁴³ "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "you will be in paradise with me this very day."