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"We have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."—2 Cor. v. 1.

"Absent from the body, present with the Lord."—2 Cor. v. 8.

"We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."—2 Cor. v. 10.

"Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."—2 Cor. vi. 2.

"For me to live is Christ, to die is gain."—Phil. i. 21.

"The Lord Jesus Christ shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself."—Phil. iii. 20, 21.

"If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him."—1 Thess. iv. 14.

"Our Lord Jesus Christ died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him."—1 Thess. v. 10.

"Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ."—Tit. ii. 13.

"There remaineth a rest for the people of God."—Heb. iv. 9.