Do not fear, little flock, because your Father is well pleased to give to you the kingdom.

And he said to him, 'Well [done], good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

Assuredly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his possessions.

Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

And everyone who competes exercises self-control [in] all things. Now they [compete] in order that they may receive a perishable crown, but we [compete] [for] an imperishable crown.

(And our hope concerning you is steadfast); if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation, knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, thus also [you will partake] of the consolation.

If we endure, we shall also reign with [Him]. If we deny [Him], He also will deny us.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did God not choose the poor of the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those that love Him?

And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.