e of Christ constraineth us.--_II Corinthians 5:14_.

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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season
we shall reap, if we faint not.--_Galatians 6:9_.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the
earth.--_Colossians 3:2_.

Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the
time.--_Colossians 4:5_.

For we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens.--_II Corinthians 5:1_.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is
raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory:
it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural
body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there
is a spiritual body.--_I Corinthians 15:42,43,44_.

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
--_I Corinthians 15:54_.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of
death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.--_I Corinthians
15:55,56_.

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And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I, John,
saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice
out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he
will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself
shall be with them, and be their God.--_Revelation 21:1-3_.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away.--_Revelation 21:4_.

And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are
the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the
moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk
in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and
honour into it.--_Revelation 21:22-24_.

And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God an