What Does the Bible Say About Knowing Each Other In Heaven?

1 John 3:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. ...

Hebrews 7:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Philippians 3:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 12:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 5:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...

Luke 6:1-49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” And Jesus answered them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” And he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” ...

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. ...

Matthew 22:23-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. So too the second and third, down to the seventh. After them all, the woman died. ...

Matthew 4:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

Matthew 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, ...

Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Revelation 2:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Jude 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

1 Thessalonians 5:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

32 Bible Verses about Knowing Each Other In Heaven

1 John 3:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 7:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 3:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:1-49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 22:23-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 2:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jude 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 5:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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32 Bible Verses about Knowing Each Other In Heaven

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1 John 3:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 7:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Thessalonians 4:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 3:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 22:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 12:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:44 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 8:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 5:28-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:1-49 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 16:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 22:23-33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:1-11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 1:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 18:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 12:9 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Revelation 2:10 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Jude 1:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Thessalonians 5:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote