2 Corinthians 5:10

Every believer will stand before Christ's judgment seat to be assessed for what was done in this life. This sober reality motivates faithful living.

Cross-references · 36

• Matt 16:27For 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.
• Rev 22:12“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.
• Eccl 12:14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
• Eph 6:8knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
• Ps 62:12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.
• Rom 2:5–10But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
• 1 Cor 4:5Therefore 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.
• Ps 98:9Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
• 1 Pet 4:5who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
• Rom 14:10–12But 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.
• Jude 1:14–15About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
• Matt 25:31–46“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
• Rev 20:11–15I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
• Acts 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
• Acts 10:42He 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.
• Ps 96:10–13Say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.
• Job 34:11For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
• Eccl 11:9Rejoice, 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.
• Rev 2:23I 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.
• Col 3:24–25knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
• Gal 6:7–8Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
• Ps 9:7–8But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
• Isa 3:10–11Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
• Ps 50:3–6Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
• Rom 12:1–2Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
• Ezek 18:30“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 shall not be your ruin.
• 1 Kgs 8:32then 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.
• Rom 6:12–13Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
• Gen 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
• 1 Kgs 8:39then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
• 1 Cor 6:12–20“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.
• 1 Sam 2:10Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
• Rom 6:19I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh, for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness, even so now present your members as servants to righteousness for sanctification.
• 1 Sam 2:3“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.
• Ps 7:6–8Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
• 2 Cor 7:3I say this not to condemn you, for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die together and live together.

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