Knowing Jesus and experiencing His love are your great rewards.

“the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great [rabah] reward [sakar].” (Gen 15:1)

“For I determined not to know [eido] anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” (1Cor 2:2)

“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge [gnosis] of Christ Jesus my Lord” (Phil 3:8)

“but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2Pet 3:18)

“till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge [epignosis] of the Son of God” (Eph 4:13)

“For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2Pet 1:8)

“For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2Pet 2:20)

“and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ” (Col 2:2)

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?…nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom 8:35,39)

“to know [ginosko] the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Eph 3:19)

“And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” (Eph 5:2)

“just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her” (Eph 5:25)

“And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” (Jn 17:3)

“that I may know [ginosko] Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Phil 3:10)

“as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge [epignosis] of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2Pet 1:3)

“Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.” (2Thes 3:5)

“keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” (Jude 1:21)

“But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” (Ps 73:26)

“You are my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep Your words.” (Ps 119:57)

“I cried out to You, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” (Ps 142:5)

“The LORD is my portion, says my soul, Therefore I hope in Him!” (Lam 3:24)

“For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2Cor 3:18)

“casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2Cor 10:5)

“that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him” (Eph 1:17)

“increasing in the knowledge of God” (Col 1:10)

Reading: Gen 13-15; Lk 15