Acts 17:31 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且叫他从死里复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”

17:31 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且叫他从死里复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且使他从死人中复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且使他从死人中复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
当代译本 - 因为祂已经定了日子，要借祂所设立的人按公义审判这个世界。祂叫那人从死里复活，给了世人可信的凭据。”
圣经新译本 - 因为他已经定好了日子，要藉着他所立的人，按公义审判天下，并且使他从死人中复活，给万人作一个可信的凭据。”
中文标准译本 - 因为他已经确立了日子，将要藉着他所设定的一个人，以公义来审判天下的人，并且藉着使他从死人中复活，给万人带来了确据。”
现代标点和合本 - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且叫他从死里复活，给万人做可信的凭据。”
和合本（拼音版） - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且叫他从死里复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
New International Version - 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.”
New International Reader's Version - He has set a day when he will judge the world fairly. He has appointed a man to be its judge. God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from the dead.”
English Standard Version - because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
New Living Translation - For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”
Christian Standard Bible - because he has set a day when he is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man he has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
New American Standard Bible - because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people by raising Him from the dead.”
New King James Version - because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
Amplified Bible - because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
American Standard Version - inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
King James Version - Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
New English Translation - because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
World English Bible - because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
新標點和合本 - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉着他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且叫他從死裏復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉着他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且使他從死人中復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉着他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且使他從死人中復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
當代譯本 - 因為祂已經定了日子，要藉祂所設立的人按公義審判這個世界。祂叫那人從死裡復活，給了世人可信的憑據。」
聖經新譯本 - 因為他已經定好了日子，要藉著他所立的人，按公義審判天下，並且使他從死人中復活，給萬人作一個可信的憑據。”
呂振中譯本 - 因為他已經定了一個日子，將要藉着他所立定的人、按公義審判天下、把可信的憑據供給萬人，使他從死人中復起。』
中文標準譯本 - 因為他已經確立了日子，將要藉著他所設定的一個人，以公義來審判天下的人，並且藉著使他從死人中復活，給萬人帶來了確據。」
現代標點和合本 - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉著他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且叫他從死裡復活，給萬人做可信的憑據。」
文理和合譯本 - 蓋上帝已定一日、將以所立之人、義鞫天下、乃自死復起之、俾眾徵信焉、○
文理委辦譯本 - 定一日、欲以所立之人、義判天下、而復生之、俾眾徵信焉、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 蓋天主已定一日、欲藉所立之人、按公義審判天下、且使其由死復活、而賜萬民以可信之證、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋其期已定、將藉其所立之人、以正義而衡天下；斯人無他、即天主所起於死中以徵信於眾者是已。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Él ha fijado un día en que juzgará al mundo con justicia, por medio del hombre que ha designado. De ello ha dado pruebas a todos al levantarlo de entre los muertos».
현대인의 성경 - 이것은 하나님이 정해 놓으신 사람을 통해 세상을 정의로 심판할 날을 정하시고 그분을 죽은 사람들 가운데서 다시 살리셔서 모든 사람에게 믿을 만한 증거를 주셨기 때문입니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Он назначил день, когда Он будет судить мир по справедливости, и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьей. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мертвых!
Восточный перевод - Он назначил день, когда будет судить мир по справедливости , и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьёй. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мёртвых!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он назначил день, когда будет судить мир по справедливости , и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьёй. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мёртвых!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он назначил день, когда будет судить мир по справедливости , и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьёй. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мёртвых!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car il a fixé un jour où il jugera le monde entier en toute justice, par un homme qu’il a désigné pour cela, ce dont il a donné à tous une preuve certaine en le ressuscitant.
リビングバイブル - 神の任命なさった方が正しいさばきを行う日が、決まっているからです。神様はその方を復活させ、そのことの動かぬ証拠とされたのです。」
Nestle Aland 28 - καθότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καθότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν, ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois estabeleceu um dia em que há de julgar o mundo com justiça, por meio do homem que designou. E deu provas disso a todos, ressuscitando-o dentre os mortos”.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn der Tag ist schon festgesetzt, an dem Gott alle Menschen richten wird; ja, er wird ein gerechtes Urteil sprechen, und zwar durch einen Mann, den er selbst dazu bestimmt hat. Er hat ihn darin bestätigt, indem er ihn von den Toten auferweckte.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì Đức Chúa Trời đã ấn định ngày xét xử cả nhân loại cách công minh, do Người mà Ngài tuyển chọn. Đức Chúa Trời đã xác nhận uy quyền của Người bằng cách cho Người sống lại.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะพระองค์ได้ทรงกำหนดวันหนึ่งไว้ วันซึ่งจะทรงพิพากษาโลกด้วยความยุติธรรมโดยผู้หนึ่งที่ได้ทรง แต่งตั้งไว้ พระองค์ทรงยืนยันข้อนี้แก่คนทั้งปวงโดยให้ผู้นั้นเป็นขึ้นจากตาย”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะว่าพระองค์ได้กำหนดวัน ซึ่งพระองค์จะพิพากษาโลกอย่างยุติธรรม โดยผ่านมนุษย์ผู้หนึ่ง ซึ่งพระองค์ได้เลือกไว้ พระเจ้าได้พิสูจน์แก่คนทั้งปวง ด้วยการให้มนุษย์ผู้นั้นฟื้นคืนชีวิตจากความตาย”

交叉引用

2 Timothy 4:1 - I can’t impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn, and urge your people. Don’t ever quit. Just keep it simple.
Romans 14:10 - So where does that leave you when you criticize a brother? And where does that leave you when you condescend to a sister? I’d say it leaves you looking pretty silly—or worse. Eventually, we’re all going to end up kneeling side by side in the place of judgment, facing God. Your critical and condescending ways aren’t going to improve your position there one bit. Read it for yourself in Scripture: “As I live and breathe,” God says, “every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will tell the honest truth that I and only I am God.” So mind your own business. You’ve got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God.
Jude 1:14 - Enoch, the seventh after Adam, prophesied of them: “Look! The Master comes with thousands of holy angels to bring judgment against them all, convicting each person of every defiling act of shameless sacrilege, of every dirty word they have spewed of their pious filth.” These are the complainers, the bellyachers, grabbing for the biggest piece of the pie, talking big, saying anything they think will get them ahead.
Acts 10:39 - “And we saw it, saw it all, everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem where they killed him, hung him from a cross. But in three days God had him up, alive, and out where he could be seen. Not everyone saw him—he wasn’t put on public display. Witnesses had been carefully handpicked by God beforehand—us! We were the ones, there to eat and drink with him after he came back from the dead. He commissioned us to announce this in public, to bear solemn witness that he is in fact the One whom God destined as Judge of the living and dead. But we’re not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets.”
Psalms 96:13 - An extravaganza before God as he comes, As he comes to set everything right on earth, Set everything right, treat everyone fair.
Romans 2:5 - You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it’s going to blaze hot and high, God’s fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what’s coming to you—Real Life for those who work on God’s side, but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!
1 Corinthians 4:5 - So don’t get ahead of the Master and jump to conclusions with your judgments before all the evidence is in. When he comes, he will bring out in the open and place in evidence all kinds of things we never even dreamed of—inner motives and purposes and prayers. Only then will any one of us get to hear the “Well done!” of God.
Psalms 98:9 - A tribute to God when he comes, When he comes to set the earth right. He’ll straighten out the whole world, He’ll put the world right, and everyone in it.
1 Corinthians 15:3 - The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; that he presented himself alive to Peter, then to his closest followers, and later to more than five hundred of his followers all at the same time, most of them still around (although a few have since died); that he then spent time with James and the rest of those he commissioned to represent him; and that he finally presented himself alive to me. It was fitting that I bring up the rear. I don’t deserve to be included in that inner circle, as you well know, having spent all those early years trying my best to stamp God’s church right out of existence.
Matthew 25:31 - “When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right and goats to his left.
Matthew 25:34 - “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what’s coming to you in this kingdom. It’s been ready for you since the world’s foundation. And here’s why: I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was homeless and you gave me a room, I was shivering and you gave me clothes, I was sick and you stopped to visit, I was in prison and you came to me.’
Matthew 25:37 - “Then those ‘sheep’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’
Matthew 25:41 - “Then he will turn to the ‘goats,’ the ones on his left, and say, ‘Get out, worthless goats! You’re good for nothing but the fires of hell. And why? Because— I was hungry and you gave me no meal, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was homeless and you gave me no bed, I was shivering and you gave me no clothes, Sick and in prison, and you never visited.’
Matthew 25:44 - “Then those ‘goats’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or homeless or shivering or sick or in prison and didn’t help?’
Matthew 25:45 - “He will answer them, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.’
Matthew 25:46 - “Then those ‘goats’ will be herded to their eternal doom, but the ‘sheep’ to their eternal reward.”

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且叫他从死里复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且使他从死人中复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且使他从死人中复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
当代译本 - 因为祂已经定了日子，要借祂所设立的人按公义审判这个世界。祂叫那人从死里复活，给了世人可信的凭据。”
圣经新译本 - 因为他已经定好了日子，要藉着他所立的人，按公义审判天下，并且使他从死人中复活，给万人作一个可信的凭据。”
中文标准译本 - 因为他已经确立了日子，将要藉着他所设定的一个人，以公义来审判天下的人，并且藉着使他从死人中复活，给万人带来了确据。”
现代标点和合本 - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且叫他从死里复活，给万人做可信的凭据。”
和合本（拼音版） - 因为他已经定了日子，要藉着他所设立的人按公义审判天下，并且叫他从死里复活，给万人作可信的凭据。”
New International Version - 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.”
New International Reader's Version - He has set a day when he will judge the world fairly. He has appointed a man to be its judge. God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from the dead.”
English Standard Version - because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
New Living Translation - For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead.”
Christian Standard Bible - because he has set a day when he is going to judge the world in righteousness by the man he has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
New American Standard Bible - because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people by raising Him from the dead.”
New King James Version - because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”
Amplified Bible - because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
American Standard Version - inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
King James Version - Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
New English Translation - because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
World English Bible - because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
新標點和合本 - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉着他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且叫他從死裏復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉着他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且使他從死人中復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉着他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且使他從死人中復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
當代譯本 - 因為祂已經定了日子，要藉祂所設立的人按公義審判這個世界。祂叫那人從死裡復活，給了世人可信的憑據。」
聖經新譯本 - 因為他已經定好了日子，要藉著他所立的人，按公義審判天下，並且使他從死人中復活，給萬人作一個可信的憑據。”
呂振中譯本 - 因為他已經定了一個日子，將要藉着他所立定的人、按公義審判天下、把可信的憑據供給萬人，使他從死人中復起。』
中文標準譯本 - 因為他已經確立了日子，將要藉著他所設定的一個人，以公義來審判天下的人，並且藉著使他從死人中復活，給萬人帶來了確據。」
現代標點和合本 - 因為他已經定了日子，要藉著他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且叫他從死裡復活，給萬人做可信的憑據。」
文理和合譯本 - 蓋上帝已定一日、將以所立之人、義鞫天下、乃自死復起之、俾眾徵信焉、○
文理委辦譯本 - 定一日、欲以所立之人、義判天下、而復生之、俾眾徵信焉、○
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 蓋天主已定一日、欲藉所立之人、按公義審判天下、且使其由死復活、而賜萬民以可信之證、○
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋其期已定、將藉其所立之人、以正義而衡天下；斯人無他、即天主所起於死中以徵信於眾者是已。』
Nueva Versión Internacional - Él ha fijado un día en que juzgará al mundo con justicia, por medio del hombre que ha designado. De ello ha dado pruebas a todos al levantarlo de entre los muertos».
현대인의 성경 - 이것은 하나님이 정해 놓으신 사람을 통해 세상을 정의로 심판할 날을 정하시고 그분을 죽은 사람들 가운데서 다시 살리셔서 모든 사람에게 믿을 만한 증거를 주셨기 때문입니다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Он назначил день, когда Он будет судить мир по справедливости, и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьей. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мертвых!
Восточный перевод - Он назначил день, когда будет судить мир по справедливости , и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьёй. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мёртвых!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он назначил день, когда будет судить мир по справедливости , и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьёй. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мёртвых!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он назначил день, когда будет судить мир по справедливости , и уже избрал Человека, Который и будет судьёй. Он подтвердил это перед всеми, воскресив Его из мёртвых!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car il a fixé un jour où il jugera le monde entier en toute justice, par un homme qu’il a désigné pour cela, ce dont il a donné à tous une preuve certaine en le ressuscitant.
リビングバイブル - 神の任命なさった方が正しいさばきを行う日が、決まっているからです。神様はその方を復活させ、そのことの動かぬ証拠とされたのです。」
Nestle Aland 28 - καθότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καθότι ἔστησεν ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ μέλλει κρίνειν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν, πίστιν παρασχὼν πᾶσιν, ἀναστήσας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Pois estabeleceu um dia em que há de julgar o mundo com justiça, por meio do homem que designou. E deu provas disso a todos, ressuscitando-o dentre os mortos”.
Hoffnung für alle - Denn der Tag ist schon festgesetzt, an dem Gott alle Menschen richten wird; ja, er wird ein gerechtes Urteil sprechen, und zwar durch einen Mann, den er selbst dazu bestimmt hat. Er hat ihn darin bestätigt, indem er ihn von den Toten auferweckte.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì Đức Chúa Trời đã ấn định ngày xét xử cả nhân loại cách công minh, do Người mà Ngài tuyển chọn. Đức Chúa Trời đã xác nhận uy quyền của Người bằng cách cho Người sống lại.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะพระองค์ได้ทรงกำหนดวันหนึ่งไว้ วันซึ่งจะทรงพิพากษาโลกด้วยความยุติธรรมโดยผู้หนึ่งที่ได้ทรง แต่งตั้งไว้ พระองค์ทรงยืนยันข้อนี้แก่คนทั้งปวงโดยให้ผู้นั้นเป็นขึ้นจากตาย”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะว่าพระองค์ได้กำหนดวัน ซึ่งพระองค์จะพิพากษาโลกอย่างยุติธรรม โดยผ่านมนุษย์ผู้หนึ่ง ซึ่งพระองค์ได้เลือกไว้ พระเจ้าได้พิสูจน์แก่คนทั้งปวง ด้วยการให้มนุษย์ผู้นั้นฟื้นคืนชีวิตจากความตาย”

2 Timothy 4:1 - I can’t impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn, and urge your people. Don’t ever quit. Just keep it simple.
Romans 14:10 - So where does that leave you when you criticize a brother? And where does that leave you when you condescend to a sister? I’d say it leaves you looking pretty silly—or worse. Eventually, we’re all going to end up kneeling side by side in the place of judgment, facing God. Your critical and condescending ways aren’t going to improve your position there one bit. Read it for yourself in Scripture: “As I live and breathe,” God says, “every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will tell the honest truth that I and only I am God.” So mind your own business. You’ve got your hands full just taking care of your own life before God.
Jude 1:14 - Enoch, the seventh after Adam, prophesied of them: “Look! The Master comes with thousands of holy angels to bring judgment against them all, convicting each person of every defiling act of shameless sacrilege, of every dirty word they have spewed of their pious filth.” These are the complainers, the bellyachers, grabbing for the biggest piece of the pie, talking big, saying anything they think will get them ahead.
Acts 10:39 - “And we saw it, saw it all, everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem where they killed him, hung him from a cross. But in three days God had him up, alive, and out where he could be seen. Not everyone saw him—he wasn’t put on public display. Witnesses had been carefully handpicked by God beforehand—us! We were the ones, there to eat and drink with him after he came back from the dead. He commissioned us to announce this in public, to bear solemn witness that he is in fact the One whom God destined as Judge of the living and dead. But we’re not alone in this. Our witness that he is the means to forgiveness of sins is backed up by the witness of all the prophets.”
Psalms 96:13 - An extravaganza before God as he comes, As he comes to set everything right on earth, Set everything right, treat everyone fair.
Romans 2:5 - You’re not getting by with anything. Every refusal and avoidance of God adds fuel to the fire. The day is coming when it’s going to blaze hot and high, God’s fiery and righteous judgment. Make no mistake: In the end you get what’s coming to you—Real Life for those who work on God’s side, but to those who insist on getting their own way and take the path of least resistance, Fire!
1 Corinthians 4:5 - So don’t get ahead of the Master and jump to conclusions with your judgments before all the evidence is in. When he comes, he will bring out in the open and place in evidence all kinds of things we never even dreamed of—inner motives and purposes and prayers. Only then will any one of us get to hear the “Well done!” of God.
Psalms 98:9 - A tribute to God when he comes, When he comes to set the earth right. He’ll straighten out the whole world, He’ll put the world right, and everyone in it.
1 Corinthians 15:3 - The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; that he presented himself alive to Peter, then to his closest followers, and later to more than five hundred of his followers all at the same time, most of them still around (although a few have since died); that he then spent time with James and the rest of those he commissioned to represent him; and that he finally presented himself alive to me. It was fitting that I bring up the rear. I don’t deserve to be included in that inner circle, as you well know, having spent all those early years trying my best to stamp God’s church right out of existence.
Matthew 25:31 - “When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right and goats to his left.
Matthew 25:34 - “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what’s coming to you in this kingdom. It’s been ready for you since the world’s foundation. And here’s why: I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was homeless and you gave me a room, I was shivering and you gave me clothes, I was sick and you stopped to visit, I was in prison and you came to me.’
Matthew 25:37 - “Then those ‘sheep’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’
Matthew 25:41 - “Then he will turn to the ‘goats,’ the ones on his left, and say, ‘Get out, worthless goats! You’re good for nothing but the fires of hell. And why? Because— I was hungry and you gave me no meal, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was homeless and you gave me no bed, I was shivering and you gave me no clothes, Sick and in prison, and you never visited.’
Matthew 25:44 - “Then those ‘goats’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or homeless or shivering or sick or in prison and didn’t help?’
Matthew 25:45 - “He will answer them, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.’
Matthew 25:46 - “Then those ‘goats’ will be herded to their eternal doom, but the ‘sheep’ to their eternal reward.”