12 “Behold, (A)I am coming soon, (B)bringing my recompense with me, (C)to repay each one for what he has done.

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Epilogue: Invitation and Warning

12 “Look, I am coming soon!(A) My reward is with me,(B) and I will give to each person according to what they have done.(C)

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27 For the Son of Man(A) is going to come(B) in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.(C)

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11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
    to the end of the earth:
(A)Say to the daughter of Zion,
    (B)“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense before him.”

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11 The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:(A)
“Say to Daughter Zion,(B)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!(C)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”(D)

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“And behold, (A)I am coming soon. (B)Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

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“Look, I am coming soon!(A) Blessed(B) is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”(C)

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14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, (A)he will receive a reward.

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14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(A)

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He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (A)will receive his wages according to his labor.

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The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(A)

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(A)He will render to each one according to his works: to those who (B)by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking[a] and (C)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress (D)for every human being who does evil, the Jew (E)first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and (F)peace for everyone who does good, (G)the Jew first and also the Greek. 11 For (H)God shows no partiality.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:8 Or contentious

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](A) To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(B) and immortality,(C) he will give eternal life.(D) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(E) there will be wrath and anger.(F) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(G) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(H) 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.(I) 11 For God does not show favoritism.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12

10 (A)Behold, the Lord God comes with might,
    and his arm rules for him;
(B)behold, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense before him.

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10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes(A) with power,(B)
    and he rules(C) with a mighty arm.(D)
See, his reward(E) is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.

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20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely (A)I am coming soon.” Amen. (B)Come, Lord Jesus!

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20 He who testifies to these things(A) says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”(B)

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.(C)

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12 So then (A)each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.(A)

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12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (A)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (B)the book of life. And (C)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (D)according to what they had done.

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12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(A) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(B) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(C) The dead were judged(D) according to what they had done(E) as recorded in the books.

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18 The nations raged,
    but (A)your wrath came,
    and (B)the time for the dead to be judged,
and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,
    and (C)those who fear your name,
    both small and great,
and (D)for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

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18 The nations were angry,(A)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,(B)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets(C)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small(D)
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

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14 (A)The great day of the Lord is near,
    near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
    (B)the mighty man cries aloud there.

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14 The great day of the Lord(A) is near(B)
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

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