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15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly[a] of all the deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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  1. 15 Other ancient authorities read everyone

12 “See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone’s work.(A) 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

14 Blessed are those who wash their robes,[a] so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral[b] and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(B)

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  1. 22.14 Other ancient authorities read do his commandments
  2. 22.15 Or prostitutes

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)

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16 on the day when, according to my gospel, God through Christ Jesus judges the secret thoughts of all.(A)

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The beast was given a mouth speaking arrogant and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.(A) It opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven.

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this means understanding that the law is laid down not for the righteous but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers,(A)

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10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.[a](A)

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  1. 14.10 Other ancient authorities read of Christ

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(A)

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31 because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”(A)

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27 and he has given him authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of Man.(A)

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22 The Father judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,(A) 23 so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.(B)

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Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.(A)

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at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
    to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(A)

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They pour out their arrogant words;
    all the evildoers boast.(A)

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Psalm 50

The Acceptable Sacrifice

A Psalm of Asaph.

The mighty one, God the Lord,
    speaks and summons the earth
    from the rising of the sun to its setting.(A)
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
    God shines forth.(B)

Our God comes and does not keep silent;
    before him is a devouring fire
    and a mighty tempest all around him.(C)
He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:(D)
“Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”(E)
The heavens declare his righteousness,
    for God himself is judge. Selah(F)

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But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for judgment.(A)
He judges the world with righteousness;
    he judges the peoples with equity.(B)

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Talk no more so very proudly;
    let not arrogance come from your mouth,
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
    and by him actions are weighed.(A)

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And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining that you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not against us but against the Lord.”

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20 The one who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.”

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!(A)

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The Second Beast

11 Then I saw another beast that rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb, and it spoke like a dragon.

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16 These are grumblers and malcontents; they indulge their lusts;[a] their mouths utter bombastic nonsense, flattering people to their own advantage.(A)

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  1. 16 Other ancient authorities read their own lusts

and if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to destruction[a] and made them an example of what is coming to the ungodly;[b] and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man greatly distressed by the debauchery of the lawless(A) (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by their lawless deeds that he saw and heard), then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial and to keep the unrighteous until the day of judgment, when they will be punished(B)

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  1. 2.6 Other ancient authorities lack to destruction
  2. 2.6 Other ancient authorities read an example to those who were to be ungodly

13 God will judge those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.”(A)

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19 Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.(A) 20 For no human will be justified before him by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.(B)

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31 Therefore I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.(A) 32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.(B)

A Tree and Its Fruit

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.(C) 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.(D) 35 The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter, 37 for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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