19 Bible Verses about Reckoning
Most Relevant Verses
So you must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;
For what does scripture say? Abraham believed God and this was counted to him as righteousness. Now a worker has his wage counted to him as a due, not as a favour; but a man who instead of 'working' believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith counted as righteousness.read more.
Just as David himself describes the bliss of the man who has righteousness counted to him by God apart from what he does ??7 Blessed are they whose breaches of the Law are forgiven, whose sins are covered!
Now is that description of bliss meant for the circumcised, or for the uncircumcised as well? Abraham's faith, I repeat, was counted to him as righteousness. In what way? When he was a circumcised man or an uncircumcised man? Not when he was circumcised, but when he was uncircumcised. He only got circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which belonged to his faith as an uncircumcised man. The object of this was to make him the father of all who believe as uncircumcised persons and thus have righteousness counted to them,
and the scripture was fulfilled: Abraham believed God, and this was counted to him as righteousness ??he was called God's friend.
Why, it is as with Abraham, he had faith in God and that was counted to him as righteousness.
but for our sakes as well; faith will be counted to us as we believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
but a man who instead of 'working' believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, has his faith counted as righteousness.
Just as David himself describes the bliss of the man who has righteousness counted to him by God apart from what he does ??7 Blessed are they whose breaches of the Law are forgiven, whose sins are covered!
He only got circumcision as a sign or seal of the righteousness which belonged to his faith as an uncircumcised man. The object of this was to make him the father of all who believe as uncircumcised persons and thus have righteousness counted to them,
Sin was indeed in the world before the Law, but sin is never counted in the absence of law.
(If then the uncircumcised observe the requirements of the Law, shall not their uncircumcision be reckoned equivalent to circumcision?
Present suffering, I hold, is a mere nothing compared to the glory that we are to have revealed.
The first time I had to defend myself, I had no supporters; everyone deserted me. God grant it may not be brought up against them!
it was that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world might be charged upon this generation,
"I suppose," said Simon, "the man who had most forgiven." "Quite right," he said.
