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Hebrews 10:34

WEB

34For you both had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

KJV

34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

BSB

34You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

FBV

34You showed your sympathy for those in prison, and took it cheerfully when your possessions were confiscated, knowing that you have something better coming that will truly last.

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Extra References

1 Peter 1:4

4to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn’t fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,


2 Timothy 1:16

16May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,


Matthew 6:19-20

19“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; 20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;


Matthew 5:11-12

11Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.


Ephesians 6:20

20for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.


Hebrews 11:16

16But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.


Acts 5:41

41They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesusname.


James 1:2

2Count it all joy, my brothers,[+] when you fall into various temptations,


Ephesians 3:1

1For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,


Colossians 3:2-4

2Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. 3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.