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For God will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve.[a] To those who seek after glory and honor and immortality by persevering in good works, he will grant eternal life. But for those who are slaves to selfish ambition and follow the path of wickedness and not of truth, wrath and fury will be their lot.

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  1. Romans 2:6 Will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve: a combination of Ps 62:12 and Prov 24:12 from the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament).

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](A) To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(B) and immortality,(C) he will give eternal life.(D) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(E) there will be wrath and anger.(F)

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  1. Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12