How has he or she used this life in Christ? What have they done, for good or for evil? Paul wrote in Romans 14:12 that each believer will "give an account of himself to God."
This refers to an assessment of what each saved, heaven-bound Christian has done "in the body" since coming to faith in Christ. The judgment seat of Christ is something exclusively for believers, as Christ's evaluation of our works on earth. Paul's gospel is that the gift of salvation is "not by works" (Ephesians 2:8–9), or nobody could achieve it (Romans 3:23 6:23). Salvation is a gift given to everyone who trusts in Christ. In no sense is this verse implying that that judgment, or the deeds it examines, are what decide someone's eternal fate.
Christ will not declare in that moment whether someone will go to heaven or hell. Paul is clear in his letters that this judgment is not about salvation. Paul insists that all believers in Jesus will appear before the judgment seat of Christ when He returns to earth. One motivation to please God is Paul's knowledge that he will be judged by Christ for his works in this life. His goal in whatever he does, Paul has written, is to please the Lord. That security allows Paul to endure, and to carry the gospel to more and more people. Knowing that day is guaranteed, someday, gives him courage to keep fulfilling the mission God has given to him. His motivation is not suicide, but a desire to be with the Lord in eternity and receive his eternal, resurrected body.
Previous verses described Paul's longing to leave behind the suffering of earthly life and his failing, temporary body. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.Ģ Corinthians 5:10, CSB: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. 2 Corinthians 5:10 Parallel Verses 2 Corinthians 5:10, NIV: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.Ģ Corinthians 5:10, ESV: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.Ģ Corinthians 5:10, KJV: 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.Ģ Corinthians 5:10, NASB: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive compensation for his deeds done through the body, in accordance with what he has done, whether good or bad.Ģ Corinthians 5:10, NLT: For we must all stand before Christ to be judged.
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