2 Corinthians 5:10
For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
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In Context
9For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:3Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings come out of your mouths: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, by him acts are judged.
1 Kings 8:32Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving your decision against the wrongdoer, so that punishment for his sins may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.
Job 34:11For he gives to every man the reward of his work, and sees that he gets the fruit of his ways.
Psalms 9:7\9:6\You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.
Psalms 62:12\62:11\Once has God said, twice has it come to my ears, that power is God's:
Psalms 98:9Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 5:2-12
The Believer's Prospect beyond Death. ( a. d. 57.) 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up… Read the whole commentary →