Judgment and Salvation

¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom^(A) will be preached in the whole world^(B) as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

¹⁵ He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.^{(A) 16} Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.^(B)

⁴⁶ He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer^(A) and rise from the dead on the third day,^{(B) 47} and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name^(C) to all nations,^(D) beginning at Jerusalem.^(E)

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back^(A) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.^(B)

⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.^{(A) 8} But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;^(B) and you will be my witnesses^(C) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,^(D) and to the ends of the earth.”^(E)

⁹ After he said this, he was taken up^(F) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^(G) stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,”^(H) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^(I) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

²⁷ Just as people are destined to die once,^(A) and after that to face judgment,^{(B) 28} so Christ was sacrificed once^(C) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,^(D) not to bear sin,^(E) but to bring salvation^(F) to those who are waiting for him.^(G)