¹⁶ “For God so ^(A)loved the world, that He ^(B)gave His ^(C)only Son, so that everyone who ^(D)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God ^(E)did not send the Son into the world ^(F)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. ^18 (G)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^(H)the only Son of God.

³⁶ The one who ^(A)believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who ^(B)does not ^[a]obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Christ or Judgment

²⁶ For if we go on ^(A)sinning willfully after receiving ^(B)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a terrifying expectation of ^(C)judgment and ^(D)the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. ^28 (E)Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ^29 (F)How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve ^(G)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean ^(H)the blood of the covenant ^(I)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(J)insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, “^(K)Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “^(L)The Lord will judge His people.” ³¹ It is a ^(M)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ^(N)living God.

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.