2 Timothy 4:1

Paul solemnly charges Timothy before God and Christ Jesus, the coming Judge of the living and the dead, in view of his appearing and kingdom. The charge to preach carries the weight of future judgment.

Cross-references · 33

• 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.
• 2 Tim 4:8From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
• 1 Tim 5:21I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
• 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.
• 2 Tim 2:14Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don’t argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.
• 1 Pet 5:4When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.
• 2 Th 1:7–10and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
• Titus 2:13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
• 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.
• John 5:22–27For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
• Rom 2:16in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.
• 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.
• 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.”
• Heb 9:27–28Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
• 2 Cor 5:9–10Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.
• Rom 14:9–11For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• 1 Pet 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
• 1 Cor 4:4–5For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
• 1 Jn 2:28Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• Ps 96:13before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
• 1 Tim 6:13–14I command you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
• 1 Pet 4:5who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
• 2 Th 2:8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
• Col 3:4When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
• 2 Pet 1:11For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
• 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.
• Luke 23:42He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”
• Luke 19:12He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
• Luke 19:15“When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
• Rev 1:7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
• 2 Pet 1:17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
• 1 Th 4:15–16For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
• Ps 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.

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