11 Then I saw a large white throne with the one who sits on it. Heaven and earth vanished, and they were never seen again.* 12 I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and the books were opened. Another book, the Book of Life, was opened and the dead were judged based on what was written in the books about what they had done. 13 The sea handed over the dead in it, and death and Hades handed over the dead that were in them,* and everyone was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

12 "I am coming soon, and I am bringing my reward to give to everybody based on what they’ve done.

12 "I am coming soon, and I am bringing my reward to give to everybody based on what they’ve done. 13 I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.

9 While I was watching, thrones were set up and the Ancient of Days took his seat.* His clothes were white as snow and his hair looked like the purest wool. His throne blazed like flames; its wheels like burning fire.

9 While I was watching, thrones were set up and the Ancient of Days took his seat.* His clothes were white as snow and his hair looked like the purest wool. His throne blazed like flames; its wheels like burning fire. 10 A stream of fire poured out, flowing from before him. A thousand thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court sat to begin its judgment, and the books were opened.

2 Millions* sleeping in the ground in death will awake, some to eternal life, and some to eternal shame and disgrace. 3 Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky; those who have shown many the right way to live will shine as bright as the stars forever and ever.

31 For he has set a time when he will rightly judge the world by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone that he is the one by raising him from the dead."

36 I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on the Day of Judgment. 37 For what you say will either vindicate you or condemn you."

31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his majestic throne. 32 Everyone will be brought before him. He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He’ll place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.

31 But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his majestic throne. 32 Everyone will be brought before him. He will separate them from one another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He’ll place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left. 34 Then the king will say to the ones on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, and inherit the kingdom that’s been prepared for you from the beginning of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me in. 36 I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then those who are right will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you, or thirsty and gave you a drink? 38 When did we see you as a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit you?’ 40 The king will tell them, ‘I tell you the truth: whatever you did for one of these least important brothers of mine you did for me.’

41 He’ll also say to those on his left, ‘Go away from me, you who are doomed, into the eternal* fire prepared for the devil and his angels! 42 For I was hungry and you didn’t give me anything to eat. I was thirsty and you didn’t give me a drink. 43 I was a stranger and you didn’t invite me in. I was naked and you didn’t clothe me. I was sick and in prison and you didn’t visit me.’ 44 Then they will also answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t look after you?’ 45 Then he will tell them, ‘I tell you the truth: whatever you didn’t do for one of these least important brothers of mine you didn’t do for me.’ 46 They will go away into eternal condemnation, but those who are good will enter eternal life."

14 God is going to judge us for everything we do, including what we do secretly, whether good or bad.

17 But then I thought to myself, "Ultimately God will judge both those who do right and those who do wrong, and every deed and action, at the appointed time."

30 Consequently I’m going to judge you, people of Israel! I will judge each of you depending on what you’ve done, declares the Lord God. Repent and stop rebelling so that your sins won’t bring you down. 31 Get rid of all your rebellious sins! Change your way of thinking and have a new spirit. Why do you want to die, people of Israel?

32 I don’t like it when anybody dies, declares the Lord God. So repent so you can live!"

16 For God loved the world, and this is how:* he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn’t die, but have eternal life.

16 For God loved the world, and this is how:* he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn’t die, but have eternal life. 17 God didn’t send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don’t trust in him are condemned* already because they didn’t trust in the one and only Son of God. 19 This is how the decision* is made: the light came to the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light, for their actions were evil.

7 But I’m telling you the truth: it’s better for you that I go away, for if I don’t the Comforter won’t come to you. If I go away, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will convince those in the world that they have wrong ideas regarding sin, about what is right, and about judgment: 9 Sin, for they don’t trust in me. 10 What is right, for I’m going to the Father and you won’t see me any longer. 11 Judgment, for the ruler of this world has been condemned.*

16 We have experienced and trusted in the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love, live in God, and God lives in them. 17 This is how love is made complete in us so that we can be confident on judgment day: by the fact that we live just like him in this world. 18 Where there is love there can be no fear. God loves us completely, and this love drives all our fears away. If we do fear, it’s because we fear being punished, and this shows that we have not been fully remade by the completeness of God’s love.

10 For all of us must appear before Christ’s seat of judgment. Each of us will receive what we deserve for what we have done in this life, whether it is good or bad.

16 The good news I share is that a day is coming when God will judge, through Jesus Christ, everyone’s secret thoughts.

27 Just as human beings die only once, and then are judged, 28 so too for Christ—having been sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people, he will come again, not to deal with sin, but to save those who wait for him.

37 "In just a little while he will come, as he said—he won’t delay. 38 Those who do what is right will live by trusting in God, and if they draw back from their commitment, I won’t be pleased with them."* 39 But we’re not the kind of people who draw back and end up being lost. We are those who trust in God to save us.

6 So then we shouldn’t be sleeping like everybody else—we should stay awake and keep ourselves clear-headed. 7 For it’s during the night that people sleep; and it’s at night that they get drunk. 8 But since we belong to the day we should keep our heads clear. We strap on the breastplate of trust and love. We put on the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God hasn’t placed us in a position to be punished, but has reserved us for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

13 In fact, let everything that stands before the Lord sing praises,* for he is coming, coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with fairness, and the nations with his truth.