Jacob 6:9
~544–420 BC
1830 Edition
Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God, and according to the power of justice? for justice cannot be denied.
Influences
Acts 17:18 (KJV)
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Romans 8:39 (KJV)
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Changes
Know ye not that if ye will do these things, that the power of the redemption and the resurrection, which is in Christ, will bring you to stand with shame and awful guilt before the bar of God, and according to the power of justice? for justice cannot be denied.
Simple English
If you do these things, Christ’s power to save and bring people back to life will make you stand before God. You will feel shame and terrible guilt. God’s justice cannot be stopped.
Paraphrase
Don’t you know that if you do these things, Christ’s power to redeem and resurrect will force you to stand before God—ashamed, crushed by guilt, facing the full weight of justice? Justice can’t be ignored.