⁵ But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.^{(A) 6} For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead, so that, though they had been judged in the flesh as everyone is judged, they might live in the spirit as God does.

⁷ The end of all things is near;^[a] therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.^(B)