Romans 1:16 to the end of the chapter.
All of chapter 2 and chapter 3 through verse 3
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17
1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1 Thessalonians 4:17
Then we which are alive <and> remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Matthew 24:40-42
Matthew 24:40
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:41
Two <women shall be> grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 24:21
Matthew 24:21 (KJV) For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Matthew 24:29, 30.
Matthew 24:29 (KJV) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Matthew 24:30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Revelation 7:14
Revelation 7:14 (KJV) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 13:7
Revelation 13:7 (KJV) And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Revelation 13:5
Revelation 13:5 (KJV) And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
The expression "thousand years," which occurs six times in vv. 1 - 7, gave rise to the term "millennium" (from the Latin <mille> meaning <thousand,> and <annus> meaning <year>). The millennium is that period of time during which Christ will reign upon the earth, a time of universal peace, prosperity, long life, and prevailing righteousness. The early church fathers, e.g. Justin Martyr and Irenaeus, interpreted this passage as referring to a future literal period of time.
See Ps 72:1 - 20; Isa 9:6 - 7; 11:1 - 9; 24:22 - 23; 30:15 - 33; 35:1 - 10; 44:1 - 28; 49:1 - 26; 65:17 - 25; Jer 23:5 - 6; 33:15; Mic 4:1 - 4; Mat 25:31 - 32; 1 Cor 15:24 - 28.
Revelation 20:2
Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Romans 14:10
Romans 14:10
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Revelation 20:11,12
Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:13
Revelation 20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rev 20:14 KJV Second Death
(Rev 20:14 KJV) And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second[1] death[2].
1 "SECOND": Second death, Summary: "The second death" and the "lake of fire" in this verse are identical terms and are used of the eternal state of the wicked. It is "second" in relation to the preceding physical death of the wicked in unbelief and rejection of God; their eternal state is one of eternal "death" (i.e. separation from God) in sins (John 8:21,24). That the second death is not annihilation is shown by a comparison of Rev 19:20 with 20:10. After 1000 years in the lake of fire the beast and false prophet are still there, personally existing. The words "forever and ever" <(unto the ages of the ages),> cp. v. 10, are used of God (1:18; 4:9,10; 10:6; 15:7), of the glory of God (Gal 1:5, etc.) and of the dominion, the reign of God (1 Pet 4:11; Rev 1:6; 5:13,14; 7:12; 11:15), and plainly mean <eternal> in the sense of unending.
2 "DEATH": <Death> (the second): 20:14 - 15; 21:8. (John 8:21; Rev 20:14)
(Phil 4:3 KJV) And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel[1], with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names[2] are in the book of life[3].
1 "GOSPEL": <Gospel:> vv. 3,15; Col 1:5. (Gen 12:3; Rev 14:6)
2 "NAMES": Luke 10:20
3 "LIFE": <Life> (eternal): v. 3; Col 1:27. (Mat 7:14; Rev 22:19)
(Rev 20:15 KJV) And whosoever was not found written in the book of life[1] was cast into the lake of fire.
1 "LIFE": <Life> (eternal): 20:12,15; 21:6; Rev 21:27. (Mat 7:14; Rev 22:19)
(Rev 21:8 KJV) But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death[1].
1 "DEATH": <Death> (the second): 20:14 - 15; 21:8. (John 8:21; Rev 20:14)
Read Isa 10:12 to 27
Who has eternal life?
Who will spend eternity in Hell?
Where will sinners spend eternity?
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Who will be in charge of that place?
Revelation 20:10
. (Rev 20:10 KJV) And the devil[1] that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
(Isa 14:12 KJV) How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer[1], son of the morning[2]! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
1 "LUCIFER": Verses 12 - 14 evidently refer to Satan who, as prince of this world system (John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; see Rev 13:8, note), is the real though unseen ruler of the successive world powers, Tyre, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, etc. (cp. Ezek 28:12 - 14). Lucifer, "day star," can be none other than Satan. This significant passage points back to the beginning of sin in the universe. When Satan said, "I will," sin began. See Rev 20:10, note. For other instances of addressing Satan through another, cp. Gen 3:15; Mat 16:22 - 23.
Luke 10:18; Rev 12:7 - 9
2 "MORNING": <Satan:> vv. 12 - 14; Ezek 28:12. (Gen 3:1; Rev 20:10)
1 "DEVIL": Satan, Summary: This fearful being, apparently created one of the cherubim (Ezek 1:5, note; 28:12, note) and anointed for a position of great authority, perhaps over the primitive creation (, note; Ezek 28:11 - 15), fell through pride (Isa 14:12 - 14). His "I will" (Isa 14:13) marks the introduction of sin into the universe. Cast out of heaven (Luke 10:18), he makes earth and air the scene of his tireless activity (Eph 2:2; 1 Pet 5:8). After the creation of man he entered into the serpent (Gen 3:1, note) and, beguiling Eve by his subtlety, secured the downfall of Adam and through him of the race, and the entrance of sin into the world of men (Rom 5:12 - 14). The Adamic Covenant (Gen 3:15, note) promised the ultimate defeat of Satan through the "seed of the woman." Then began Satan's long warfare against the work of God on behalf of humanity, which still continues. The present world system (Rev 13:8), organized upon the principles of force, greed, selfishness, ambition, and sinful pleasure, is his work and was the bribe which he offered to Christ (Mat 4:8 - 9). Of that world system he is prince (John 14:30; 16:11), and god (2 Cor 4:4). As "prince of the power of the air" (Eph 2:2) he is at the head of a vast host of demons (Mat 7:22, note). To him, under God, was committed upon earth the power of death (Heb 2:14). Cast out of heaven as his proper sphere and "first estate," he still has access to God as the "accuser of our brothers" (Rev 12:10) and is permitted a certain power of sifting or testing the self-confident and carnal among believers (Job 1:6 - 11; Luke 22:31 - 32; 1 Cor 5:5; 1 Tim 1:20); but this is a strictly permissive and limited power, and believers so sifted are kept in faith through the advocacy of Christ (Luke 22:31 - 32; 1 John 2:1, note). At the beginning of the great tribulation Satan's privilege of access to God as accuser will be withdrawn (Rev 12:7 - 12). At the return of Christ in glory Satan will be bound for 1000 years (Rev 20:2), after which he will be "loosed for a little season" (Rev 20:3,7 - 8) and will become the head of a final effort to overthrow the kingdom. Defeated in this, he will be cast into the lake of fire, his final doom. The notion that he reigns in hell is not Biblical. He is prince of this present world system but will be tormented in the lake of fire.
<Satan:> vv. 7 - 10. (Gen 3:1; Rev 20:10)
Matthew 24:35
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Revelation 21:1
Revelation 21:1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
READ Revelation 21 and 22.
Read John 3:16 and Acts 16:31 then make sure you talk to God and let him know what your decision is.