23 Bible Verses about Reckoning
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What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.
Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.
For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.read more.
So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say, "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness." How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised! And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin."
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them.
for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law.
Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.
At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me -- may they not be held accountable for it.
Hasn't he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
Simon answered, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled." Jesus said to him, "You have judged rightly."