Romans 14:10-12
10Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For awe will all stand before bthe judgment seat of God; 11for it is written,c“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess ▼
▼Or shall give praise
to God.”12So then eeach of us will give an account of himself to God.
1 Corinthians 4:5
5Therefore fdo not pronounce judgment before the time, gbefore the Lord comes, hwho will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. iThen each one will receive his commendation from God.1 Corinthians 6:3-4
3Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4So if you have such cases, jwhy do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?2 Corinthians 5:10-11
10For kwe must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, lso that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.The Ministry of Reconciliation
11Therefore, knowing mthe fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But nwhat we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience.Hebrews 6:2
2and of oinstruction about washings, ▼▼Or baptisms (that is, cleansing rites)
qthe laying on of hands, rthe resurrection of the dead, and seternal judgment. Hebrews 9:27
27And just as tit is appointed for man to die once, and uafter that comes judgment,2 Peter 2:4-9
4For if God did not spare vangels when they sinned, but wcast them into hell ▼▼Greek Tartarus
and committed them to chains ▼▼Some manuscripts pits
of gloomy darkness zto be kept until the judgment; 5if he did not spare the ancient world, but aapreserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought aba flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6if by acturning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, admaking them an example of aewhat is going to happen to the ungodly; ▼▼Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly
7and agif he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, ahhe was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9then aithe Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, ▼▼Or temptations
and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
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