TSK · Romans 8:17

Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God’s wrath.

For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

But just as it is written,“Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.”

And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.

namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.

The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son.