2 CORINTHIANS 5:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad — the bēma (judgment seat) is Christ's throne (not God's; a significant Christological claim). All—Paul, Corinthians, everyone—will appear. Works done in the body (ta dia tou sōmatos) will be evaluated; reward or loss follows.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 5:10
“For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat.” Then having alarmed and shaken the hearer by the mention of that judgment-seat, he has not even here set down the woeful without the good things, but has mingled something of pleasure, saying, “That each one may receive the things done in the body,” as many as “he has done, whether” it be “good or bad.” By saying these words, he both revives those who have done virtuously and are persecuted with those hopes, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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