³ We ought always ^(A)to give thanks to God for you, ^(B)brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the ^(C)love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater. ⁴ As a result, we ourselves ^(D)speak proudly of you among ^(E)the churches of God for your ^[a]perseverance and faith ^[b](F)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure. ⁵ This is ^[c]a ^(G)plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be ^(H)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering. ^6 [d]For after all ^(I)it is only right ^[e]for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, ⁷ and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, ^[f](J)when the Lord Jesus will be revealed ^(K)from heaven ^(L)with ^[g]His mighty angels ^8 (M)in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who ^(N)do not know God, and to those who ^(O)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ These people will pay the penalty of ^(P)eternal destruction, ^(Q)away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, ¹⁰ when He comes to be ^(R)glorified among His ^[h]saints on that ^(S)day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—because our ^(T)testimony to you was believed.

²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and ^(A)gives them life, so ^(B)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. ²² For not even the Father judges anyone, but ^(C)He has given all judgment to the Son, ²³ so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. ^(D)The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Judgment at the Throne of God

¹¹ Then I saw a great white ^(A)throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose ^[a]presence ^(B)earth and heaven fled, and ^(C)no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, the ^(D)great and the small, standing before the throne, and ^[b](E)books were opened; and another ^[c]book was opened, which is ^(F)the book of life; and the dead ^(G)were judged from the things which were written in the ^[d]books, ^(H)according to their deeds. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and ^(I)Death and Hades ^(J)gave up the dead who were in them; and they were judged, each one of them ^(K)according to their deeds. ¹⁴ Then ^(L)Death and Hades were thrown into ^(M)the lake of fire. This is the ^(N)second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if ^[e]anyone’s name was not found written in ^(O)the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.