Some men's sins are evident beforehand, going before them to judgment; and some men they follow after.
For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money,
Also on your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but plainly upon all these things.
For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on: Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.