»After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them.«
But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, `My master is a long time in coming,'
But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole and buried his master's money.
The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
In this way David also tells of the blessedness of the man to whose credit God places righteousness, apart from his actions.
For we must all of us appear before Christ's judgement-seat in our true characters, in order that each may then receive an award for his actions in this life, in accordance with what he has done, whether it be good or whether it be worthless.
Do not be eager, my brethren, for many among you to become teachers; for you know that we teachers shall undergo severer judgement.