14 And do not forget that God will judge everything that we do,

good things and bad things,

even things that we do secretly.

21 For example, just like my Father causes people who have died to become alive again, I will give eternal life to everyone that I want to. 22 Furthermore, my Father is not the one who judges people concerning their sins. Instead, he has given to me the work of judging people, 23 in order that all people may honor me, just like they honor my Father. My Father considers that anyone who does not honor me is not honoring him, the one who sent me. 24 Listen to this carefully: Those who hear my message and believe that God is the one who sent me have eternal life. God will not ◄condemn them/say that he will punish them►. They are no longer separated from God. Instead, they have eternal life.

25 Listen to this carefully: There will be a time when those who are ◄spiritually dead/separated from God► will hear the voice of me, ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►. In fact, it is that time already. Those who hear and pay attention to my message will have eternal life. 26 My Father has power to make things live. Similarly, he has given me the power to enable people to live eternally. 27 Because I am the one who came from heaven, he has given me the authority to judge people concerning their sins. 28 Do not be surprised about that, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear my voice, 29 and they will become alive again. Those who have lived good lives will rise from their graves and live forever. But those who have lived evil lives will rise, and I will ◄condemn them/declare that I will punish them for their sins►. 30 I do not do anything like that by my own authority. I judge people only according to what I hear my Father tell me. I will judge people fairly, because I do not want to please only myself. Instead, I want to please my Father, who sent me.

31 If I were the only one to tell people about myself, people could rightly say that what I say is not true.

7 But the truth is that it is good for you that I am going away, because if I do not go away, the Holy Spirit, who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you will not come to you. But when I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove that those who do not belong to God [MTY] are wrong about what is sinful and about who is really righteous and about whom God will judge and condemn for their sin. 9 He will tell people that their greatest sin is that they do not believe in me.

30 Jesus replied to them, "The voice that you heard speaking was God’s voice, but it was not for my benefit. It was for your benefit! 31 Now is the time for God to judge the people in [MTY] the world. Now is the time when I will destroy the power of Satan, the one who rules this world. 32 But as for me, when I am lifted {when men lift me} up from the ground on a cross, I will make a way for gathering everyone to myself."

38 The man said, "Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah!" Then he knelt down before Jesus and worshipped him.

39 Jesus said, "I have come into this world to judge the people in the world. The result will be that those who realize that they do not know God’s truth will perceive it. That is like [MET] enabling those who are blind to see. But the result will also be that people who falsely think [IRO] that they understand God’s truth will never understand it. That is like [MET] people who are blind remaining blind permanently."

1 Accept those who are not sure whether God will permit them to do certain things some people think are wrong. But when you accept them, do not argue with them about what they think/their opinions. 2 Some people believe that they may eat all kinds of food. Others believe that God does not want them to eat certain things, so they believe that they may not eat meat. 3 Anyone who thinks that it is all right to eat all kinds of food must not despise those who think it is not all right to eat all kinds of food. Anyone who thinks it is not all right to eat all kinds of food must not ◄condemn/say that God will punish► those who think that it is all right to eat all kinds of food, because God himself has accepted those people. 4 God is the master of us all, so ◄he is the one who will decide whether those people have done wrong!/who are you to decide whether they have done wrong?► [RHQ] Therefore, you have no right [RHQ] to condemn those who eat everything, because they are also God’s servants! And just like it is the servants’ own master who accepts or condemns [MTY] his servants, it is God who accepts or condemns us. And believers will be accepted by the Lord {the Lord will accept believers} regardless of whether they eat meat or not, because he is able to keep them trusting in him.

12 So it is clear that it is God who will decide whether or not he approves of what each of us has done.

13 Since it is God who will judge everyone, we must stop saying that God should punish some of our fellow believers! Instead, you/we should decide that you/we will not do anything that would be an example that might cause fellow believers to stop trusting in God [DOU]. 14 I am absolutely certain [DOU] because of my close relationship with (OR, my belonging to) the Lord Jesus that there is nothing that by itself is wrong to eat. But if people think it is wrong to eat something, then to them it is wrong to eat it. So you should not encourage them to eat it.

17 I say that, because it is now time for God to begin judging people, and first he will judge those who belong [MTY] to him. Since he will judge us believers first, think about the terrible things that will happen to [RHQ] those who do not obey the good message that comes from him!

5 So, stop evaluating any of us (exc) before the time when God judges everyone [MTY]! Do not judge us before the Lord comes. He is the one who will reveal the sinful things that people have done secretly. He will even reveal what people have thought. At that time God will praise each person as each one of them deserves.

2 If you condemn other people, God will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {God will condemn you}. 3 ◄None of you should be concerned about someone else’s small faults [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned about someone else’s small faults?► [MET, RHQ] That would be like noticing a speck in that person’s eye. But you should be concerned about your own big faults. They are like [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice. 4 ◄You should not say to other people about their minor faults, ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people about their minor faults, ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’► [RHQ] You should not say that if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].

6 So tell the Israeli people that I said this: ‘I am Yahweh. I will free you from the burdens of heavy work that the Egyptians have given you. I will free you from being their slaves. With my great power [MTY] and by punishing them [MTY] very severely, I will save you.

12 On that night I will go through all the country of Egypt, and I will kill all the oldest males in Egypt, both humans and animals. By doing this I will show that all the gods in Egypt are worthless. I can do this, because I am Yahweh, the all-powerful God.

4 You, you only, are the one that I have really sinned against,

and you have seen the evil things that I have done.

When you say that I am guilty, you are right/correct,

and when you judge me, you justly say that I deserve to be punished.

8 The people [MTY] of Jerusalem hear about Yahweh and are glad/happy,

and people in the other [MTY] cities in Judah also rejoice,

because Yahweh judges and punishes wicked people.

6 Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.

7 Then they burned your temple to the ground;

they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.

1 After these things I heard what sounded like a huge crowd in heaven. They were shouting things like,

"◄Hallelujah!/Praise our God!►" "He has saved us!"

"He is glorious and mighty!"

2 "Praise him because he judges truly and justly!"

"He has punished the very evil cities that are like a prostitute,

because their people persuaded the other people of earth [MTY] to act immorally and idolatrously like they do."

"Praise him because he has punished them for murdering his servants [MTY]!"

3 The crowd shouted a second time saying:

◄Hallelujah!/Praise God!► The smoke of the fire that is burning the cities will rise forever!