Acts 17:31

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Acts 17:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

29 Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

30 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”

33 At that, Paul left the Areopagus.

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He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.

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Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 25:35

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Matthew 25:36

I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

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Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

Matthew 25:38

When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?

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When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

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And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Matthew 25:41

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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Matthew 25:43

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Matthew 25:45

Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’

Matthew 25:46

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

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so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

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But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 2:16

on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

Romans 14:9

For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

Romans 14:10

Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

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I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

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And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Jude 1:14

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to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

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Acts 10:39

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But God raised Him from the dead,

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that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

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and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.

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Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

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And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.