19 Bible Verses about Reckoning
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in like manner consider your selves as dead to sin; but alive to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
but I declare unto you, that men shall give an account at the day of judgment, of every scandalous expression they utter.
for what saith the scripture? "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." the reward is not counted as a favour to him that has done good actions, but as a debt: whereas he that trusts in God to be made righteous, tho' he has not done such actions, shall find his faith accounted as righteousness.read more.
even as David also speaks of the happiness of the man whom God accounted righteous independently of his works,
Is this happiness then for the circumcised only, or for the uncircumcised also? for we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. how was it then accounted? whilst he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? he was not then circumcised, but uncircumcised: and he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the justification by that faith, which the uncircumcised have: that he might be the father of all those who believe, tho' they are uncircumcised, that it might be accounted to them also for righteousness:
it was then, that those words of scripture were accomplished, "Abraham believed God, and he was regarded for it as a man of virtue, and was the favourite of God."
As Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness:
but for us also, to whom it shall be accounted, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,
whereas he that trusts in God to be made righteous, tho' he has not done such actions, shall find his faith accounted as righteousness.
even as David also speaks of the happiness of the man whom God accounted righteous independently of his works,
and he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the justification by that faith, which the uncircumcised have: that he might be the father of all those who believe, tho' they are uncircumcised, that it might be accounted to them also for righteousness:
sin indeed was in the world all the time before the law: but then sin is not punished when there is no law.
if therefore an uncircumcised Gentile keep the moral precepts contained in the law, shall not he be reckon'd, as if he were circumcised?
for I consider, that the sufferings of this present life are infinitely over-ballanc'd by that glory which shall hereafter be discovered to us.
At my first defence, I had no assistance, for every body deserted me. I wish it may never be laid to their charge.
so that this passage of scripture was fulfill'd, "and he was numbred with the transgressors."
" so that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed since the creation of the world, may be required of this generation,
I think, said Simon, he that had the greatest debt remitted to him. you are in the right, said Jesus.







