and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, ¹  but is not rich toward God.”

But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

For in this earthly house ¹  we groan, because we desire to put on ²  our heavenly dwelling,

For our reason for confidence ¹  is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives ²  and sincerity which are from God ³  – not by human wisdom ⁴  but by the grace of God – we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more ⁵  toward you.

Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.” ¹ 

At that time ¹  the Lord will punish ²  the heavenly forces in the heavens ³  and the earthly kings on the earth.

“You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

Jesus replied, ¹  “You people ²  are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. ¹ 

And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear ¹  the image of the man of heaven.

Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” ¹ 

Now what is the meaning of “he ascended,” except that he also descended ¹  to the lower regions, ²  namely, the earth? ³ 

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds ¹  in Christ Jesus.

And he did not enter to offer ¹  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, ¹  I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,

since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, ¹  because ²  our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. ³