For according to the work of a man he will repay him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.
He will render to each one according to his works:
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work?
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
“Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just,’ when it is their own way that is not just. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it. And when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he shall live by this. Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways.”
then man prays to God, and he accepts him; he sees his face with a shout of joy, and he restores to man his righteousness.
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