2 Timothy 4:8 Cross References - WPNT

⁸ Now the crown of the righteousness is reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day; and not only to me, but also to all those who have longed for His appearing.

¹⁹ “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust ruin and where thieves break in and steal; ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust ruins and where thieves neither break in nor steal;

²² Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many mighty works in Your name?’

³⁶ “But no one knows concerning that day and hour, not even the angels of the heavens, except my Father alone.

¹² I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that town.

⁵ Rather, due to your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are treasuring up wrath for yourself in the day of God’s wrath and revelation and righteous judgment,

²³ Not only that, we ourselves also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, eagerly awaiting adoption, the redemption of our body.

⁹ However, as it is written: “Things no eye has seen and no ear has heard, and no heart of man has imagined, such things has God prepared for those who love Him.”

²⁵ All athletic competitors exercise general self-control—they do it in order to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

² Further, in this one we do groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly habitation;

⁵ because of the hope that is being reserved for you in the heavens, of which you have already heard through the Word of the Truth

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son coming out of the heavens (whom He raised from among the dead) —Jesus, who preserves us from the coming wrath.

⁴ But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this Day should come upon you like a thief.

⁵ —the above is evidence that God’s judgment is right, to the end that you be considered worthy of the Kingdom of God, on behalf of which you are actually suffering; ⁶ since to God it is right to pay back affliction to those who are afflicting you

¹⁹ —storing up for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, so that they may lay hold on the eternal life.

¹² That is why I am suffering these things, yet I am not ashamed because I know in whom I have believed and am certain that He is able to guard my deposit until that Day.

¹⁸ (may the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord in that Day); you also know very well in how many ways he served me in Ephesus.

⁵ Further, if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules

¹ Now then, in the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is about to judge both living and dead with a view to His appearing and His Kingdom, I give you this charge:

¹³ looking for the blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

²⁸ so the Christ also, having been offered once for all to bear the sins of many—He will appear a second time to those who are eagerly waiting for Him, apart from sin, into salvation.

¹² A man who endures testing is blessed, because upon becoming approved he will receive the crown of the life that the Lord has promised to those loving Him.

⁴ into an imperishable and undefiled and unfading inheritance, already reserved in the heavens for you,

⁴ And when the Chief Shepherd is revealed you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

⁷ Take note, He comes with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, including those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will beat their breasts [in dismay] because of Him. Yea, verily!

¹⁰ Do not fear any of the things that you are about to suffer: Take note, the devil is really about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have an affliction of ten days. Stay faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life.

⁴ And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw the twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes and golden crowns on their heads.

¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and they cast their crowns before the throne saying:

¹¹ I saw the heaven opened, and wow, a white horse! And the One who sits on it, called Faithful and True, both judges and makes war with righteousness.

²⁰ He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming swiftly!” Oh yes!! Come, Lord Jesus!