¹⁸ Then once more you shall ^(A)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

⁴⁶ And these will go away ^(A)into eternal punishment, but the righteous ^(B)into ^(C)eternal life.”

²⁵ Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, ^(A)so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! ^(B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

^15 (A)And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, ^(B)choose this day whom you will serve, whether ^(C)the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or ^(D)the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. ^(E)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

¹⁴ You have said, ^(A)‘It is vain to serve God. ^(B)What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? ¹⁵ And now we call ^(C)the arrogant blessed. ^(D)Evildoers not only prosper but ^(E)they put God to the test and they escape.’”

¹⁵ And after I have plucked them up, I will again have compassion on them, ^(A)and I will bring them again each to his heritage and each to his land.

²³ For this very night ^(A)there ^(B)stood before me ^(C)an angel of the God ^(D)to whom I belong and ^(E)whom I worship,

The Judgment at Christ's Coming

⁵ This is ^(A)evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be ^(B)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— ⁶ since indeed God considers it ^(C)just ^(D)to repay with affliction those who afflict you, ⁷ and to grant ^(E)relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when ^(F)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven ^(G)with his mighty angels ^8 (H)in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ^(I)who do not know God and on those who ^(J)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They will suffer the punishment of ^(K)eternal destruction, ^(L)away from^[a] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ^10 (M)when he comes on ^(N)that day ^(O)to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our ^(P)testimony to you ^(Q)was believed.