1 Some of you accuse others of doing wrong. But there is no excuse for what you do. When you judge others, you condemn yourselves, because you are guilty of doing the very same things.
2 We know that God is right to judge everyone who behaves in this way.
3 Do you really think God won't punish you, when you behave exactly like the people you accuse?
4 You don't think much of God's wonderful goodness or of his patience and willingness to put up with you. Don't you know that the reason God is good to you is because he wants you to turn to him?
5 But you are stubborn and refuse to turn to God. So you are making things even worse for yourselves on that day when he will show how angry he is and will judge the world with fairness.
6 God will reward each of us for what we have done.
7 He will give eternal life to everyone who has patiently done what is good in the hope of receiving glory, honour, and life that lasts for ever.