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NASB | Matthew 12:36 "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:36 "But I tell you, on the day of judgment people will have to give an accounting for every careless or useless word they speak. |
Subject: Are "careless words" sin? |
Bible Note: 2 Cor. 5:10 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 'The judgment of the believer's works, not sins, is in question here. These have been atoned for, and are "remembered no more forever" (Hebrews 10:17), but every work must come into judgment (Matthew 12:36; Romans 14:10; Galatians 6:7; Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:24,25). The result is "reward" or "loss" (of the reward), "but he himself shall be saved" (1 Corinthians 3:11-15)' (Scofield, C.I. "Scofield Reference Notes on 2 Corinthians 5". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition). |