2 Corinthians 7:3

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made to grieve, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.

Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

He placed the breastplate on him. He put the Urim and Thummim in the breastplate.

He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.”

About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.

The governor told them that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to serve with Urim and with Thummim.

The governor told that they should not eat of the most holy things until a priest stood up to minister with Urim and Thummim.

Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

I say this to move you to shame. Isn’t there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,

I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

They will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

For to this end I also wrote, that I might know the proof of you, whether you are obedient in all things.

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

for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;

However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God’s word isn’t chained.

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.

Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.

“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.

King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity will not be your ruin.

Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, or has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians. Our heart is enlarged.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

You observe days, months, seasons, and years.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we need not to say anything.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before Yahweh. Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.

Ittai answered the king, and said, “As Yahweh lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king is, whether for death or for life, your servant will be there also.”

I don’t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men,

So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.

Why? Because I don’t love you? God knows.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.