I Peter 1:4

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“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you.”

Referenced earlier, does this passage say that Christians receive their reward in heaven?

Notice, once again, the word reserved. The Christian’s reward is reserved in heaven for him, only to be revealed (i.e., salvation) “in the last time” (vs. 5). As stated, all Christians, in effect, hold sure “reservations” for a future event. Peter says nothing about going to heaven to either obtain this reward or to stay there—only that the reward is reserved there until the “last time,” when Christ returns. In this way, a Christian’s reward can remain “incorruptible,” “undefiled,” and “unable to fade.”