Verse 34

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
  • Heb 13:3 : 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and] them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
  • 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
  • Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 ¶ My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • Matt 5:11-12 : 11 ‹Blessed are ye, when› [men] ‹shall revile you, and persecute› [you], ‹and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.› 12 ‹Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great› [is] ‹your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.›
  • Matt 6:19-20 : 19 ¶ ‹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:› 20 ‹But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:›
  • Matt 19:21 : 21 Jesus said unto him, ‹If thou wilt be perfect, go› [and] ‹sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come› [and] ‹follow me.›
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 ‹But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.›
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 ‹Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.›
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded [him] to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Acts 28:20 : 20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see [you], and to speak with [you]: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 ¶ For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 ¶ I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 ¶ Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
  • Col 1:5 : 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
  • Col 3:2-4 : 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
  • 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.