I don't want honor for myself. But there is one who wants me to be honored, and he is also the one who judges.

All this happened in about 450 years. Then God gave our people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel,

If Demetrius and his workers have a case against these men, we have courts and judges. Let them take their complaints there.

God judges everyone else. The Scriptures say, “Chase away any of your own people who are evil.”

Why do you take everyday complaints to judges who are not respected by the church?

But when the Lord judges and punishes us, he does it to keep us from being condemned with the rest of the world.

All this shows that God judges fairly and is making you fit to share in his kingdom for which you are suffering.

So a crown will be given to me for pleasing the Lord. He judges fairly, and on the day of judgment he will give a crown to me and to everyone else who wants him to appear with power.

Here you will find all of God's dearest children, whose names are written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect.

You say that God is your Father, but God doesn't have favorites! He judges all people by what they do. So you must honor God while you live as strangers here on earth.

Although he was abused, he never tried to get even. And when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he had faith in God, who judges fairly.

But they will have to answer to God, who judges the living and the dead.

You should look forward to the day when God judges everyone, and you should try to make it come soon. On that day the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and everything else will melt in the heat.

The Rider on the White Horse

I looked and saw heaven was open, and a white horse was there. Its rider was called Faithful and True, and he is always fair when he judges or goes to war.