inheritance
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22The good leave behind heirs: children and grandchildren. And the substance of the sinner is preserved for the just.
11In him, we too are called to our portion, having been predestined in accord with the plan of the One who accomplishes all things by the counsel of his will. 12So may we be, to the praise of his glory, we who have hoped beforehand in Christ. 13In him, you also, after you heard and believed the Word of truth, which is the Gospel of your salvation, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the Promise. 14He is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the acquisition of redemption, to the praise of his glory.
21When an inheritance is obtained hastily in the beginning, in the end it will be without a blessing.
23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men. 24For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.
32And now, I commend you to God and to the Word of his grace. He has the power to build up, and to give an inheritance to all who are sanctified.
18May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints,
17But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.
7so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
29But the just will inherit the earth, and they will dwell upon it forever and ever.
13And someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” 14But he said to him, “Man, who has appointed me as judge or arbitrator over you?” 15So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.” 16Then he spoke to them using a comparison, saying: “The fertile land of a certain wealthy man produced crops. 17And he thought within himself, saying: ‘What should I do? For I have nowhere to gather together my crops.’ 18And he said: ‘This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build larger ones. And into these, I will gather all the things that have been grown for me, as well as my goods.
15If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have produced children by him, and if the son of the hated wife is the firstborn, 16and if he wishes to divide his substance among his sons: he cannot make the son of the beloved wife the firstborn, and so prefer him before the son of the hated wife. 17Instead, he shall acknowledge the son of the hated wife as the firstborn, and he shall give to him a double portion of all that he has. For he is the first among his children, and the rights of the firstborn are owed to him.