If thou
doest well,
shalt
thou not be accepted?
and
if thou
doest not well,
sin lieth
at the door.
And unto thee
shall be
his desire,
and
thou
shalt rule over him.
Then shall
the trees
of the wood
sing out
at the presence
of the LORD,
because
he
cometh to judge
the earth.
My transgression
is sealed up
in a bag,
and
thou sewest up mine iniquity.
That the wicked
is reserved
to the day
of destruction?
they shall be brought forth
to the day
of wrath.
If I
did despise
the cause
of my manservant
or of my maidservant,
when
they
contended with me;
What
then shall
I do
when God
riseth up?
and
when he visiteth,
what shall
I answer him?
Did not
he that
made me
in the womb make him?
and did not
one fashion us
in the womb?
For the work
of a man
shall
he render unto him,
and cause every man
to find according to his ways.
But the LORD
shall endure
for ever:
he hath prepared
his throne
for judgment.
Our God
shall come,
and shall not keep
silence:
a fire
shall devour
before him,
and it
shall be
very tempestuous round
about him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above,
and to the earth,
that he
may judge
his people.
Gather my saints
together unto me;
those that
have made
a covenant
with me by sacrifice.
And the heavens
shall declare
his righteousness:
for God
is judge himself.
Selah.
Before the LORD:
for he cometh,
for he
cometh to judge
the earth:
he shall judge the world
with righteousness,
and the people
with his truth.
Behold,
the righteous
shall be recompensed
in the earth:
much more
the wicked
and the sinner.
A man
shall be satisfied
with good
by the fruit
of his mouth:
and
the recompence
of a man's hands
shall be rendered unto him.
If thou
forbear to deliver them
that are drawn
unto death,
and those
that are ready
to be slain;
If thou sayest,
Behold,
we knew it not;
doth not
he that
pondereth
the heart
consider it?
and
he that
keepeth thy soul,
doth not
he know it?
and shall not
he render
to every man
according to his works?
I said
in mine heart,
God shall judge
the righteous
and the wicked:
for there is
a time
there for every purpose
and for every work.
Rejoice,
O young man,
in thy youth;
and let
thy heart
cheer thee
in the days
of thy youth,
and walk
in the ways
of thine heart,
and
in the sight
of thine eyes:
but know thou,
that for all
these things God
will bring thee
into judgment.
For God
shall bring
every work
into judgment,
with every secret thing,
whether it
be good,
or whether
it be evil.
Say
ye to the righteous,
that it
shall be well with him:
for they shall eat
the fruit
of their doings.
Woe unto the wicked!
it shall be ill
with him:
for the reward
of his hands
shall be given him.
And the mean man
shall be brought down,
and the mighty man
shall be humbled,
and the eyes
of the lofty
shall be humbled:
But the LORD
of hosts
shall be exalted
in judgment,
and God
that is holy
shall be sanctified
in righteousness.
And it
shall be,
as with the people,
so with the priest;
as with the servant,
so with his master;
as with the maid,
so with her mistress;
as with the buyer,
so with the seller;
as with the lender,
so with the borrower;
as with the taker
of usury,
so with the giver
of usury
to him.
According to their deeds,
accordingly
he will repay,
fury
to his adversaries,
recompence
to his enemies;
to the islands
he will repay recompence.
I the LORD
search
the heart,
I try the reins,
even
to give every man
according to his ways,
and
according to
the fruit
of his doings.
As the partridge
sitteth on eggs,
and hatcheth them not;
so he
that getteth riches,
and not by right,
shall leave them
in the midst
of his days,
and at his end
shall be
a fool.
Great in counsel,
and mighty
in work:
for thine
eyes
are open
upon all the ways
of the sons
of men:
to give every one
according to his ways,
and
according to
the fruit
of his doings:
Now is
the end
come upon thee,
and I
will send
mine
anger
upon thee,
and will judge thee
according to
thy ways,
and will recompense
upon thee all
thine abominations.
And mine
eye
shall not spare thee,
neither will
I have pity:
but
I will recompense
thy ways
upon thee,
and thine abominations
shall be
in the midst
of thee:
and ye
shall know
that I
am the LORD.
The king
shall mourn,
and the prince
shall be clothed
with desolation,
and the hands
of the people
of the land
shall be troubled:
I will do
unto them
after their way,
and according to
their deserts
will
I judge them;
and
they shall know
that I
am the LORD.
And the LORD
said unto him,
Go through the midst
of the city,
through the midst
of Jerusalem,
and set
a mark
upon the foreheads
of the men
that sigh
and that cry
for all
the abominations
that be done
in the midst
thereof.
And to the others
he said
in mine hearing,
Go ye
after him
through the city,
and smite:
let not
your eye spare,
neither have
ye pity:
Slay utterly old
and young,
both maids,
and little children,
and women:
but come not
near any man
upon whom is the mark;
and begin
at my sanctuary.
Then they
began at the ancient men which
were before the house.
For thus
saith the Lord GOD;
I will even deal with
thee as thou
hast done,
which hast despised
the oath
in breaking the covenant.
Behold,
all souls
are mine;
as the soul
of the father,
so also
the soul
of the son
is mine:
the soul that sinneth,
it shall die.
Yet say ye,
Why?
doth not
the son
bear the iniquity
of the father?
When the son
hath done
that which
is lawful
and right,
and hath kept all
my statutes,
and hath done them,
he shall surely live.
The soul that sinneth,
it shall die.
The son
shall not bear
the iniquity
of the father,
neither shall
the father
bear the iniquity
of the son:
the righteousness
of the righteous
shall be upon him,
and the wickedness
of the wicked
shall be upon him.
But if the wicked
will turn
from all
his sins that
he hath committed,
and keep all
my statutes,
and do
that which
is lawful
and right,
he shall surely live,
he shall not die.
All his transgressions that
he hath committed,
they shall not be mentioned
unto him:
in his righteousness
that
he hath done
he shall live.
Have
I any pleasure
at all
that the wicked
should die?
saith the Lord GOD:
and
not
that he
should return
from his ways,
and live?
But
when the righteous
turneth away
from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity,
and doeth according to all
the abominations
that the wicked man doeth,
shall he live?
All his righteousness that
he hath done
shall not be mentioned:
in his trespass
that
he hath trespassed,
and in his sin
that he
hath sinned,
in them shall
he die.
Yet ye say,
The way
of the LORD is not equal.
Hear now,
O house
of Israel;
Is not my way equal?
are not
your ways unequal?
When a righteous man
turneth away
from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity,
and dieth
in them;
for his iniquity
that
he hath done
shall he die.
Again,
when the wicked man
turneth away
from his wickedness
that
he hath committed,
and doeth
that which
is lawful
and right,
he shall save
his soul alive.
Because
he considereth,
and turneth away
from all
his transgressions that
he hath committed,
he shall surely live,
he shall not die.
Yet saith
the house
of Israel,
The way
of the LORD is not equal.
O house
of Israel,
are not
my ways equal?
are not
your ways unequal?
Therefore I
will judge you,
O house
of Israel,
every one
according to his ways,
saith the Lord GOD.
Repent,
and turn yourselves
from all
your transgressions;
so iniquity
shall not be
your ruin.
Cast away
from you all
your transgressions,
whereby
ye have transgressed;
and make
you a new heart
and a new spirit:
for why
will
ye die,
O house
of Israel?
For I
have no pleasure
in the death
of him that dieth,
saith the Lord GOD:
wherefore turn yourselves,
and live ye.
When the righteous
turneth from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity,
he shall even die
thereby.
But
if the wicked turn
from his wickedness,
and do
that which
is lawful
and right,
he shall live thereby.
Yet ye say,
The way
of the Lord is not equal.
O ye
house
of Israel,
I will judge
you every one
after his ways.
According to
their uncleanness
and
according to
their transgressions
have
I done unto them,
and hid
my face
from them.
I beheld till
the thrones
were cast down,
and the Ancient
of days
did sit,
whose garment
was white
as snow,
and the hair
of his head like
the pure wool:
his throne
was like
the fiery flame,
and his wheels
as burning fire.
A fiery stream
issued
and came forth from
before him:
thousand thousands
ministered unto him,
and ten thousand
times ten thousand
stood
before him:
the judgment
was set,
and the books
were opened.
And there shall be,
like people,
like priest:
and
I will punish them
for their ways,
and reward them
their doings.
You only have
I known of all
the families
of the earth:
therefore I
will punish you
for all your iniquities.
Therefore thus
will
I do unto thee,
O Israel:
and
because
I will do this
unto thee,
prepare to meet
thy God, O Israel.
But my words
and my statutes,
which I
commanded
my servants the prophets,
did
they not take
hold
of your fathers?
and they
returned
and said,
Like
as the LORD
of hosts
thought
to do unto us,
according to our ways,
and
according to our doings,
so hath
he dealt with us.
Whose fan
is in his hand,
and
he will throughly purge
his floor,
and gather
his wheat
into the garner;
but
he will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire.
Many will say to me
in that day,
Lord, Lord,
have
we not prophesied
in thy name?
and in thy
name
have cast
out devils?
and in thy
name done many wonderful works?
And
then will
I profess unto them,
I never knew you:
depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
And,
behold,
they cried out,
saying,
What
have
we to do
with thee,
Jesus,
thou Son
of God?
art
thou come hither
to torment us
before the time?
And whosoever
shall not receive you,
nor hear
your words,
when ye
depart
out of that house
or city,
shake
off the dust
of your feet.
Verily
I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable
for the land
of Sodom
and Gomorrha
in the day
of judgment,
than
for that city.
But
I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable
for Tyre
and Sidon
at the day
of judgment,
than for you.
But
I say unto you,
That every idle
word that men
shall speak,
they shall give account
thereof in the day
of judgment.
For by thy
words
thou shalt be justified,
and by thy
words
thou shalt be condemned.
The men
of Nineveh
shall rise
in judgment
with this generation,
and shall condemn it:
because
they repented
at the preaching
of Jonas;
and,
behold,
a greater than Jonas
is here.
The queen
of the south
shall rise up
in the judgment
with this generation,
and shall condemn it:
for she came
from the uttermost parts
of the earth
to hear the wisdom
of Solomon;
and,
behold,
a greater than Solomon
is here.
Let both
grow together until
the harvest:
and in the time
of harvest
I will say
to the reapers,
Gather
ye together first
the tares,
and bind them
in bundles
to burn them:
but gather
the wheat
into my barn.
As therefore
the tares
are gathered
and burned
in the fire;
so shall
it be
in the end
of this world.
The Son of man
shall send
forth his angels,
and they
shall gather
out of his kingdom
all things that offend,
and them which
do iniquity;
And shall cast them
into a furnace
of fire:
there shall be wailing
and gnashing
of teeth.
Then shall
the righteous shine forth
as the sun
in the kingdom
of their Father.
Who hath ears
to hear,
let him hear.
So shall
it be
at the end
of the world:
the angels
shall come forth,
and sever
the wicked from
among the just,
And shall cast them
into the furnace
of fire:
there shall be wailing
and gnashing
of teeth.
For the Son
of man
shall come in the glory
of his Father
with his angels;
and
then
he shall reward every man
according to his works.
Then said
the king
to the servants,
Bind him hand
and foot,
and take him away,
and cast him
into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
Then shall
the kingdom
of heaven
be likened
unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps,
and went forth
to meet the bridegroom.
And five
of them were wise,
and five
were foolish.
They that
were foolish
took their lamps,
and took
no oil with them:
But the wise
took
oil
in their vessels
with their lamps.
While the bridegroom tarried,
they all slumbered
and slept.
And at midnight
there was
a cry made,
Behold,
the bridegroom cometh;
go ye
out to meet him.
Then all those virgins arose,
and trimmed
their lamps.
And the foolish said
unto the wise,
Give us
of your oil;
for our lamps
are gone out.
But the wise answered,
saying,
Not so;
lest there be not enough
for us and you:
but go
ye rather to them
that sell,
and buy
for yourselves.
And
while they
went to buy,
the bridegroom came;
and they
that were ready
went in with him
to the marriage:
and the door
was shut.
Afterward came also
the other virgins,
saying,
Lord, Lord,
open to us.
But he
answered
and said,
Verily I
say unto you,
I know
you not.
Watch therefore,
for ye
know
neither the day
nor the hour
wherein the Son
of man cometh.
For the kingdom
of heaven
is as a man
travelling
into a far country,
who called
his own servants,
and delivered
unto them his goods.
And unto one
he gave five talents,
to another two,
and to another one;
to every man
according to
his several ability;
and straightway took
his journey.
Then he
that
had received
the five talents
went
and traded
with the same,
and made them
other five talents.
And likewise
he that
had received two,
he also gained
other two.
But he
that
had received
one went
and digged
in the earth,
and hid his lord's money.
After a
long time
the lord
of those servants cometh,
and
reckoneth with them.
And so
he that
had received
five talents
came
and brought
other five talents,
saying,
Lord,
thou deliveredst
unto me five talents:
behold,
I have gained beside them
five talents more.
His lord said
unto him,
Well done,
thou good
and faithful servant:
thou hast been faithful
over a few things,
I will make thee ruler
over many things:
enter
thou
into the joy
of thy lord.
He also
that
had received
two talents
came
and said,
Lord,
thou deliveredst
unto me two talents:
behold,
I have gained
two other talents
beside them.
His lord said
unto him,
Well done,
good
and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful
over a few things,
I will make thee ruler
over many things:
enter
thou
into the joy
of thy lord.
Then he
which had received
the one talent
came
and said,
Lord,
I knew thee
that thou art
an hard man,
reaping
where thou
hast not sown,
and gathering
where thou
hast not strawed:
And I
was afraid,
and went
and hid
thy talent
in the earth:
lo,
there
thou hast
that is thine.
His lord answered
and said unto him,
Thou wicked
and slothful servant,
thou knewest that
I reap
where I
sowed not,
and gather
where I
have not strawed:
Thou oughtest therefore
to have put my money
to the exchangers,
and
then
at my coming
I should have received
mine
own
with usury.
Take
therefore the talent
from him,
and give it
unto him which
hath ten talents.
For unto every one
that hath
shall be given,
and
he shall have abundance:
but from him that
hath not
shall be taken away even that
which he hath.
And cast
ye the unprofitable servant
into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
When the Son
of man
shall come in
his glory,
and all
the holy angels
with him,
then shall
he sit
upon the throne
of his glory:
And
before him
shall be gathered
all nations:
and
he shall separate them one
from another,
as a shepherd
divideth
his sheep
from the goats:
And he
shall set
the sheep
on his right hand,
but the goats
on the left.
Then shall
the King
say
unto them on his right hand,
Come,
ye blessed
of my Father,
inherit
the kingdom prepared
for you
from the foundation
of the world:
For I
was an hungred,
and
ye gave me meat:
I was thirsty,
and
ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger,
and
ye took me in:
Naked,
and
ye clothed me:
I was sick,
and
ye visited me:
I was in prison,
and
ye came unto me.
Then shall
the righteous
answer him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an hungred,
and fed thee?
or thirsty,
and gave thee drink?
When saw
we thee
a stranger,
and took thee in?
or naked,
and clothed thee?
Or when
saw
we thee sick,
or in prison,
and came
unto thee?
And the King
shall answer
and
say unto them,
Verily I
say unto you,
Inasmuch as
ye have done it
unto one
of the least
of these my brethren,
ye have done it
unto me.
Then shall
he say also
unto them
on the left hand,
Depart from me,
ye cursed,
into everlasting fire,
prepared
for the devil
and his angels:
For I
was an hungred,
and
ye gave me no meat:
I was thirsty,
and ye
gave me
no drink:
I was a stranger,
and
ye took me not in:
naked,
and
ye clothed me not:
sick,
and in prison,
and
ye visited me not.
Then shall
they also answer him,
saying,
Lord,
when saw
we thee
an hungred,
or athirst,
or a stranger,
or naked,
or sick,
or in prison,
and did not minister
unto thee?
Then shall
he answer them,
saying,
Verily I
say unto you,
Inasmuch as
ye did it
not to one
of the least
of these,
ye did it not to me.
And these
shall go away
into everlasting punishment:
but the righteous
into life eternal.
For there is nothing hid,
which shall not be manifested;
neither was
any thing
kept secret,
but
that it
should come abroad.
But
of that day
and that hour
knoweth
no man,
no,
not the angels
which are in heaven,
neither the Son,
but the Father.
The Son of man
indeed goeth,
as it
is written of him:
but woe to
that man by
whom the Son
of man
is betrayed!
good were it
for that man
if he
had never been born.
But into whatsoever city
ye enter,
and they
receive
you not,
go your ways
out into the streets
of the same,
and say,
Even
the very
dust of your city,
which cleaveth on us,
we do wipe off
against you:
notwithstanding be
ye sure of this,
that the kingdom
of God
is come nigh
unto you.
But
I say unto you,
that it
shall be more tolerable
in that day
for Sodom,
than
for that city.
Woe unto thee,
Chorazin!
woe unto thee,
Bethsaida!
for if
the mighty works
had been done
in Tyre
and Sidon,
which have been done
in you,
they had a great
while ago repented,
sitting in sackcloth
and ashes.
But it
shall be more tolerable
for Tyre
and Sidon
at the judgment,
than for you.
Therefore also said
the wisdom
of God,
I will send them prophets
and apostles,
and some of them
they shall slay
and persecute:
That the blood
of all the prophets,
which was
shed from the foundation
of the world,
may be required
of this generation;
For there is
nothing covered,
that shall not be revealed;
neither hid,
that shall not be known.
Therefore whatsoever
ye have spoken
in darkness
shall be heard
in the light;
and
that which
ye have spoken
in the ear
in closets
shall be proclaimed
upon the housetops.
And
I say unto you
my friends,
Be not afraid
of them that
kill the body,
and after that
have no more that
they can do.
But
I will forewarn
you whom
ye shall fear:
Fear him,
which after he
hath killed
hath
power
to cast
into hell;
yea,
I say unto you,
Fear him.
And that servant,
which knew his lord's will,
and prepared not
himself,
neither did according to
his will,
shall be beaten
with many stripes.
But he
that knew not,
and did commit things worthy
of stripes,
shall be beaten
with few stripes.
For unto whomsoever much
is given,
of him shall be
much required:
and to whom men
have committed much,
of him they
will ask
the more.
He spake also
this parable;
A certain man
had
a fig tree
planted
in his vineyard;
and he
came
and sought fruit thereon,
and found none.
Then said
he unto the dresser
of his vineyard,
Behold,
these three years
I come seeking fruit
on this fig tree,
and find none:
cut it down;
why cumbereth it
the ground?
And
he answering
said unto him,
Lord,
let it alone
this year also,
till I
shall dig
about it,
and dung it:
And
if it
bear fruit,
well:
and if not,
then
after that thou
shalt cut it down.
Strive to enter in
at the strait gate:
for many,
I say unto you,
will seek
to enter in,
and shall not be able.
When once
the master
of the house
is risen up,
and hath shut
to the door,
and
ye begin
to stand without,
and
to knock
at the door,
saying,
Lord, Lord,
open unto us;
and
he shall answer
and say unto you,
I know you
not whence
ye are:
Then shall
ye begin to say,
We have eaten
and drunk
in thy presence,
and
thou hast taught
in our streets.
But he
shall say,
I tell you,
I know you
not whence
ye are;
depart from me,
all
ye workers
of iniquity.
There shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth,
when
ye shall see Abraham,
and Isaac,
and Jacob,
and all
the prophets,
in the kingdom
of God,
and you yourselves
thrust out.
And
they shall come
from the east,
and
from the west,
and
from the north,
and
from the south,
and shall sit down
in the kingdom
of God.
He said therefore,
A certain nobleman
went into a far country
to receive
for himself a kingdom,
and to return.
And
he called
his ten servants,
and delivered them
ten pounds,
and
said unto them,
Occupy
till I come.
But his citizens
hated him,
and sent
a message
after him,
saying,
We will not have
this man
to reign over us.
And it
came
to pass,
that when
he was returned,
having received
the kingdom,
then he
commanded
these servants
to be called unto him,
to whom
he had given
the money,
that he
might know
how much every man
had gained by trading.
Then came
the first,
saying,
Lord,
thy pound
hath gained
ten pounds.
And
he said unto him,
Well,
thou good servant:
because
thou hast been faithful
in a very little,
have
thou authority
over ten cities.
And the second came,
saying,
Lord,
thy pound
hath gained
five pounds.
And
he said likewise
to him,
Be thou
also over five cities.
And another came,
saying,
Lord,
behold,
here
is
thy pound,
which I
have kept
laid up
in a napkin:
For I feared thee,
because
thou art
an austere man:
thou takest up that thou
layedst not down,
and reapest that
thou didst not sow.
And
he saith unto him,
Out of thine
own
mouth
will
I judge thee,
thou wicked servant.
Thou knewest
that I
was an austere man,
taking up
that I
laid not down,
and reaping that
I did not sow:
Wherefore
then gavest not
thou my money
into the bank,
that at my coming
I might have required
mine
own
with usury?
And he
said
unto them that stood by,
Take from him the pound,
and give it
to him
that hath
ten pounds.
(And
they
said unto him,
Lord,
he hath ten pounds.)
For I
say unto you,
That unto every one
which hath
shall be given;
and from him that
hath not,
even
that
he hath
shall be taken away from him.
But
those mine enemies,
which would not
that I
should reign over them,
bring hither,
and slay them
before me.
Then
in the audience
of all the people
he said
unto his disciples,
Beware
of the scribes,
which desire
to walk
in long robes,
and love greetings
in the markets,
and the highest seats
in the synagogues,
and the chief rooms
at feasts;
Which devour
widows' houses,
and for a
shew make long prayers:
the same
shall receive
greater damnation.
And he looked up,
and saw
the rich men
casting
their gifts
into the treasury.
And he
saw also
a certain poor widow casting
in thither two mites.
And he said,
Of a truth
I say unto you,
that this poor widow
hath cast in
more than
they all:
For all
these have
of their abundance
cast in
unto the offerings
of God:
but
she of her penury
hath cast in all
the living that
she had.
And this
is the condemnation,
that light
is come
into the world,
and men
loved
darkness rather than light,
because
their deeds were evil.
For every one
that
doeth
evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light,
lest
his deeds
should be reproved.
The woman
answered
and said,
I have
no husband.
Jesus
said
unto her,
Thou hast well said,
I have
no husband:
For the Father
judgeth no man,
but hath committed all judgment
unto the Son:
Do not think that
I will accuse you
to the Father:
there is
one that
accuseth you,
even Moses,
in whom
ye trust.
Jesus
said unto them,
If ye
were blind,
ye should have
no sin:
but now
ye say,
We see;
therefore your sin remaineth.
He that
rejecteth me,
and receiveth not
my words,
hath
one that
judgeth him:
the word that
I have spoken,
the same
shall judge him
in the last day.
If I
had not come
and
spoken unto them,
they had not had sin:
but now
they
have
no cloak
for their sin.
If I
had not done
among them the works
which none other man did,
they had not had sin:
but now have
they both seen
and hated both me
and my Father.
And
I will shew wonders
in heaven above,
and signs
in the earth
beneath;
blood,
and fire,
and vapour
of smoke:
The sun
shall be turned into
darkness,
and the moon
into blood,
before the great
and notable day
of the Lord come:
And it
shall come
to pass,
that whosoever
shall call on
the name
of the Lord
shall be saved.
And
he commanded us
to preach
unto the people,
and to testify
that it
is he
which was ordained
of God to be
the Judge
of quick and dead.
Because
he hath appointed a day,
in the which
he will judge
the world
in righteousness
by that man whom
he hath ordained;
whereof
he hath given assurance
unto all men,
in that
he hath raised him
from the dead.
And as he
reasoned
of righteousness,
temperance,
and judgment
to come,
Felix trembled,
and answered,
Go thy way
for this time;
when
I have
a convenient season,
I will call for thee.
But
after thy hardness
and impenitent heart
treasurest up
unto thyself wrath
against the day
of wrath
and revelation
of the righteous judgment
of God;
Who will render
to every man
according to his deeds:
To them
who by patient continuance
in well doing
seek for glory
and honour
and immortality,
eternal life:
But unto them that
are contentious,
and do not obey
the truth,
but obey
unrighteousness,
indignation
and wrath,
Tribulation
and anguish,
upon every soul
of man
that doeth evil,
of the Jew first,
and
also of the Gentile;
But glory,
honour,
and peace,
to every man
that worketh good,
to the Jew first,
and
also to the Gentile:
For as many
as have sinned
without law
shall also perish
without law:
and
as many
as have sinned
in the law
shall be judged
by the law;
(For
not the hearers
of the law
are just
before God,
but the doers
of the law
shall be justified.
For when the Gentiles,
which have not
the law,
do by nature
the things
contained
in the law,
these,
having not
the law,
are a law
unto themselves:
Which shew
the work
of the law
written
in their hearts,
their conscience also bearing witness,
and their thoughts
the mean
while accusing
or else excusing one
another;)
In the day
when God
shall judge
the secrets
of men
by Jesus Christ
according to my gospel.
And shall not
uncircumcision
which is by nature,
if it fulfil
the law,
judge thee,
who by the letter
and circumcision
dost transgress
the law?
But why
dost thou
judge thy brother?
or why
dost
thou set
at nought thy brother?
for we
shall all stand before the judgment seat
of Christ.
For it
is written,
As I live,
saith the Lord,
every knee
shall bow to me,
and every tongue
shall confess
to God.
So then every one
of us shall give account
of himself
to God.
Now he that
planteth
and he
that watereth
are one:
and every man
shall receive
his own
reward
according to
his own labour.
Every man's work
shall be made manifest:
for the day
shall declare it,
because
it shall be revealed
by fire;
and the fire
shall try
every man's work
of what sort it is.
If any man's work
abide
which he
hath built thereupon,
he shall receive
a reward.
If any man's work
shall be burned,
he shall suffer loss:
but
he himself
shall be saved;
yet so
as by fire.
Therefore judge nothing
before the time,
until the Lord come,
who both
will bring
to light
the hidden things
of darkness,
and will make
manifest the counsels
of the hearts:
and then
shall
every man
have
praise
of God.
Do ye
not know
that the saints
shall judge
the world?
and if the world
shall be judged
by you,
are
ye unworthy
to judge
the smallest matters?
For we
are unto God
a sweet savour
of Christ,
in them that
are saved,
and
in them that perish:
To the one
we are the savour
of death
unto death;
and to the other the savour
of life
unto life.
And
who is sufficient
for these things?
For we must all appear
before the judgment seat
of Christ;
that every one
may receive
the things
done in his body,
according to
that
he hath done,
whether it
be
good
or bad.
Therefore it
is
no great thing
if his ministers
also be transformed
as the ministers
of righteousness;
whose end
shall be according to
their works.
For every man
shall bear
his own burden.
Let him
that is taught
in the word
communicate
unto him that
teacheth in all good things.
Be not deceived;
God is not mocked:
for whatsoever
a man soweth,
that shall
he also reap.
For he
that
soweth to his flesh
shall of the flesh
reap corruption;
but
he that
soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit
reap life everlasting.
And let us
not be
weary
in well doing:
for in due season
we shall reap,
if we
faint not.
With good will doing service,
as to the Lord,
and not to men:
Knowing that
whatsoever
good thing any man doeth,
the same
shall
he receive
of the Lord,
whether he
be bond or free.
But he
that doeth wrong
shall receive
for the wrong
which he
hath done:
and there is
no respect
of persons.
And to you
who are troubled
rest with us,
when the Lord Jesus
shall be revealed from heaven
with his mighty angels,
In flaming fire
taking vengeance
on them that
know not God,
and
that obey not
the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who was before a blasphemer,
and a persecutor,
and injurious:
but
I obtained mercy,
because
I did it
ignorantly in unbelief.
I charge thee
therefore before God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ,
who shall judge
the quick
and the dead
at his appearing
and his kingdom;
Henceforth there is laid up
for me a crown
of righteousness,
which the Lord,
the righteous judge,
shall give me
at that day:
and not to me only,
but unto all them
also that love
his appearing.
For if the word
spoken
by angels
was stedfast,
and every transgression
and disobedience
received
a
just recompence
of reward;
How shall
we escape,
if we
neglect so great salvation;
which at the first began
to be spoken
by the Lord,
and was confirmed
unto us by them
that heard him;
Of the doctrine
of baptisms,
and
of laying on
of hands,
and
of resurrection
of the dead,
and
of eternal judgment.
And as it
is appointed
unto men once
to die,
but after this
the judgment:
For if we
sin wilfully
after that
we have received
the knowledge
of the truth,
there remaineth
no more
sacrifice
for sins,
But a certain fearful looking for
of judgment
and fiery indignation,
which shall devour
the adversaries.
He that
despised
Moses' law
died
without mercy
under two
or three witnesses:
Of how much
sorer punishment,
suppose ye,
shall
he be thought worthy,
who hath trodden
under foot
the Son
of God,
and hath counted
the blood
of the covenant,
wherewith
he was sanctified,
an unholy thing,
and hath done despite
unto the Spirit
of grace?
For we
know him
that hath said,
Vengeance
belongeth unto me,
I will recompense,
saith the Lord.
And again,
The Lord
shall judge
his people.
See that ye
refuse not him
that speaketh.
For if
they escaped not
who refused him
that
spake on earth,
much more
shall not
we escape,
if we
turn away
from him that
speaketh from heaven:
So speak ye,
and so do,
as they
that shall be judged
by the law
of liberty.
For he
shall have judgment
without mercy,
that hath shewed
no mercy;
and mercy
rejoiceth against judgment.
And
if ye
call on
the Father,
who
without respect
of persons
judgeth according to
every man's work,
pass the time
of your sojourning here
in fear:
Who shall give account
to him
that is ready
to judge
the quick
and the dead.
But the end
of all things
is at hand:
be ye
therefore sober,
and watch
unto prayer.
For if God
spared not
the angels
that sinned,
but cast
them down
to hell,
and delivered them
into chains
of darkness,
to be reserved
unto judgment;
The Lord
knoweth how
to deliver the godly
out of temptations,
and
to reserve the unjust
unto the day
of judgment
to be punished:
For if after they
have escaped the pollutions
of the world
through the knowledge
of the Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ,
they are again entangled
therein,
and overcome,
the latter end
is worse
with them than the beginning.
For it
had been
better
for them not
to have known the way
of righteousness,
than,
after they
have known it,
to turn
from the holy commandment
delivered unto them.
But the heavens
and the earth,
which are now,
by the same word
are kept
in store,
reserved
unto fire
against the day
of judgment
and perdition
of ungodly men.
But the day
of the Lord
will come
as a thief
in the night;
in the which
the heavens
shall pass
away
with a great noise,
and the elements
shall melt
with fervent heat,
the earth
also and the works
that are
therein shall be burned up.
Seeing
then
that all these things
shall be dissolved,
what manner
of persons ought
ye to be
in all holy conversation
and godliness,
Looking for
and hasting
unto the coming
of the day
of God,
wherein the heavens
being on fire
shall be dissolved,
and the elements
shall melt
with fervent heat?
And the angels
which kept not
their first estate,
but left
their own habitation,
he hath reserved
in everlasting chains
under darkness
unto the judgment
of the great day.
And Enoch also,
the seventh
from Adam,
prophesied
of these,
saying,
Behold,
the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of
his saints,
To execute judgment
upon all,
and to convince all
that are ungodly
among them
of all their ungodly deeds
which they
have ungodly committed,
and
of all
their hard speeches
which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him.
Now unto him that is able
to keep you
from falling,
and
to present
you faultless
before the presence
of his glory
with exceeding joy,
Behold,
he cometh with clouds;
and every eye
shall see him,
and
they also which
pierced him:
and all kindreds
of the earth
shall wail
because of him.
Even so,
Amen.
And I
will kill
her children
with death;
and all
the churches
shall know that
I am
he which
searcheth the reins
and hearts:
and I
will give
unto every one
of you
according to your works.
And the kings
of the earth,
and the great men,
and the rich men,
and the chief captains,
and the mighty men,
and every bondman,
and every free man,
hid themselves
in the dens
and in the rocks
of the mountains;
And said
to the mountains
and rocks,
Fall on us,
and hide us
from the face
of him that
sitteth on the throne,
and
from the wrath
of the Lamb:
For the great day
of his wrath
is come;
and
who shall be able
to stand?
And the nations
were angry,
and thy wrath
is come,
and the time
of the dead,
that they
should be judged,
and
that thou
shouldest give
reward unto thy servants
the prophets,
and
to the saints,
and
them that fear thy name,
small
and great;
and shouldest destroy them which
destroy the earth.
And
I saw
a great white throne,
and him
that sat on it,
from whose face
the earth
and the heaven
fled away;
and there was found
no place for them.
And
I saw the dead,
small
and great,
stand before God;
and the books
were opened:
and another book
was opened,
which is the book
of life:
and the dead
were judged
out of those things
which were written
in the books,
according to their works.
And the sea
gave up
the dead
which were in it;
and death and
hell
delivered
up the dead
which were in them:
and
they were judged every man
according to their works.
And death
and hell
were cast
into the lake
of fire.
This is the second death.
And whosoever
was not found
written
in the book
of life
was cast
into the lake
of fire.
And,
behold,
I come quickly;
and my reward
is with me,
to give
every man
according
as his work
shall be.