Answer: Each one of us will receive what is due him for
the things done while in the body, whether good or bad, (verse
10).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Psalm 62:11-12: "One thing God has
spoken, two things have I heard: that You, O God, are strong,
and that You, O Lord, are loving. Surely You will reward each
person according to what he has done."
Proverbs 11:18: "The wicked man
earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure
reward."
Proverbs 19:17: "He who is kind to
the poor lends to the Lord, and He will reward him for what he has
done."
Proverbs 25:21-22: "If your enemy
is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water
to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his
head, and the Lord will reward you."
Isaiah 40:10: "See, the Sovereign
Lord comes with power, and His arm rules for Him. See, His
reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies
Him."
Jeremiah 17:10: "I the Lord search
the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his
conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."
Jeremiah 32:18b, 19: "O great and
powerful God, Whose Name is the Lord Almighty, great are Your
purposes and mighty are Your deeds. Your eyes are open to all the
ways of men; You reward everyone according to his conduct and as
his deeds deserve."
Matthew 5:11-12: [Jesus said,]
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and
falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in
the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before
you."
Matthew 6:1-6: [Jesus said,] "Be
careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before
men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from
your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not
announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues
and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the Truth,
they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the
needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is
doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, Who
sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you
pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing
in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I
tell you the Truth, they have received their reward in full.
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to
your Father, Who is unseen. Then your Father, Who sees what is done
in secret, will reward you."
Matthew 16:27: [Jesus said,] "For
the Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His
angels, and then He will reward each person according to what he
has done."
Acts 10:42: "He [Jesus] commanded
us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One Whom
God appointed as judge of the living and the dead."
Romans 2:5-8, 16: "But because of
your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up
wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when His
righteous judgment will be revealed. God 'will give to
each person according to what he has done.' To those
who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality,
He will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking
and who reject the Truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and
anger...This will take place on the day when God will judge
men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my Gospel
declares."
Romans 14:10b, 12: "For we will all
stand before God's judgment seat...So then, each of us will
give an account of himself to God."
1 Corinthians 4:5: "Therefore judge
nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He
will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the
motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise
from God."
Ephesians 6:7-8: "Serve
wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because
you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he
does, whether he is slave or free."
Revelation 20:11-15: "Then I saw a
great white throne and Him Who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled
from His presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw
the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books
were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life.
The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in
the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and
death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person
was judged according to what he had done. Then death and
Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the
second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the
book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
Revelation 22:12-13: [Jesus said,]
"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with Me, and I will
give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the
End."
