'Return' in the Bible
"After my return to Jerusalem, and while praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance.
For the heart of this people has become dull,And with their ears they scarcely hear,And they have closed their eyes;Otherwise they might see with their eyes,And hear with their ears,And understand with their heart and return,And I would heal them.”’
So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None!] For the outcome of those things is death!
For this is the language of the promise: "At this time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."
"Who has first given God anything, so as to receive payment in return?"
This, then, having finished, and having sealed to them this fruit, I will return through you, to Spain;
But this will happen to each in the right order--Christ having been the first to rise, and afterwards Christ's people rising at His return.
Be sober-minded [be sensible, wake up from your spiritual stupor] as you ought, and stop sinning; for some [of you] have no knowledge of God [you are disgracefully ignorant of Him, and ignore His truths]. I say this to your shame.
that is, [I wanted] to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and [then] to come back to you [on my return] from Macedonia, and have you send me on my way to Judea.
I call upon God as a witness on my behalf that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
Now in the same way as a fair exchange [for our love toward you]—I am speaking as [I would] to children—open wide [your hearts] to us also.
To return to what I was saying. Let no one suppose that I am foolish. Or if you must, at any rate make allowance for me as being foolish, in order that I, as well as they, may boast a little.
I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return].
so that [what] you can be proud of may increase in Christ Jesus because of me through my return again to you.
recalling unceasingly before our God and Father your work energized by faith, and your service motivated by love and unwavering hope in [the return of] our Lord Jesus Christ.
and to await the return from Heaven of His Son, whom He raised from among the dead--even Jesus, our Deliverer from God's coming anger.
to live lives [of honor, moral courage, and personal integrity] worthy of the God who [saves you and] calls you into His own kingdom and glory.
But as for us, brothers, after we were forced to leave you for a short time (in person, not in heart), we greatly desired and made every effort to return and see you face to face.
How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy we experience before our God because of you,
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.
May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ.
but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
In the future there is reserved for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that [great] day—and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and longed for and welcomed His appearing.
For "in a very little while the one who is coming will return he will not delay;
If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return.
lest there be a fornicator, or an ungodly person like Esau, who, in return for a single meal, parted with the birthright which belonged to him.
So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.
You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord's return is near.
when He was reviled,He did not revile in return;when He was suffering,He did not threatenbut entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.
Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing.
For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.
by saying, "What happened to the Messiah's promise to return? Ever since our ancestors died, everything continues as it did from the beginning of creation."
For they poured out the blood of Thy people and of the Prophets, and in return Thou hast given them blood to drink. And this they deserved."
Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.
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