"The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

"Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

"After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

" When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

who "will render to each one according to his deeds":

but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,

but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.

And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

But Abram said, "Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house [is] Eliezer of Damascus?"

So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all [that] he had he put under his authority.

Thus he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

When they drew near to the steward of Joseph's house, they talked with him at the door of the house,

"And remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not go from house to house.

And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom [his] master will make ruler over his household, to give [them their] portion of food in due season?

He also said to His disciples: "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods.

"So he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.'

Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.