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12 [a]One thing God has said;
    two things I have heard:(A)
Strength belongs to God;

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  1. 62:12 One thing…two things: parallelism of numbers for the sake of variation, a common device in Semitic poetry. One should not literally add up the numbers, cf. Am 1:3; Prv 6:16–19; 30:15, 18, 21.

12     because you said, “We didn’t know about it”?
Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows
    and will repay all according to their deeds.(A)

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14 Whoever does good has a reward;
    each receives according to their deeds.[a]

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  1. 16:14

    Other ancient texts read as vv. 15–16:

    15The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh so that he did not recognize him

    whose acts were manifest under the heavens;

    16His mercy was seen by all his creatures,

    and his light and his darkness he apportioned to humankind.

27 [a](A)For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father’s glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.

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  1. 16:27 The parousia and final judgment are described in Mt 25:31 in terms almost identical with these.

29 and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.(A)

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10 For we must all appear[a] before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the body, whether good or evil.(A)

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  1. 5:10 We must all appear: the verb is ambiguous: we are scheduled to “appear” for judgment, at which we will be “revealed” as we are (cf. 2 Cor 11; 2:14; 4:10–11).