NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
2 Corinthians 5:10
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
for we are before the eyes of our Lord and God, and "we must all appear at the judgment-seat of Christ, and must every one give an account of himself."[40]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III
Non intelligunt ergo, ut videtur, quod "omnes nos oportet manifestari ante tribunal Christi, ut referat unusquisque per corpus ea quae fecit, sire bonum, sive malum: "[100]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III "Quare si quis est in Christo, nova creatura est," nec amplius peccatis dedita: "Vetera praeterierunt," vitam antiquam exuimus: "Ecce enim nova facta sunt,"[101]
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics
These evidences, then, of a stricter discipline existing among us, are an additional proof of truth, from which no man can safely turn aside, who bears in mind that future judgment, when "we must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ,[450]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
In this view it is that he informs us how "we must all appear before the judgement-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according as he hath done either good or bad."[570]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V
God? But by mentioning both the judgment-seat and the distinction between works good and bad, he sets before us a Judge who is to award both sentences,[572]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh "That every one," as he goes on to say, "may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad."[287]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh
Still, although liberated from their offices, they will be yet preserved for judgment, "that every one may receive the things done in his body."[465]
Origen de Principiis Book III
And how can he add that statement, "We must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one of us may receive in his body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad? "[221]
Origen de Principiis Book III "For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad,"[229]
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
So too in the second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may bear the things proper to his body, according to those things which he hath done, whether they be good or evil."[308]
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews
Also in the second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "We must all be manifested before the tribunal of Christ, that every one may bear again the things which belong to his own body, according to what he hath done, whether good or evil."[652]
The History of Joseph the Carpenter
For as no one shall escape death, so also the works of every man shall be laid open on the day of judgment, whether they have been good or evil.[7]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII
But to us, who occupy a middle position between the perfect man add the apostate, when we stand before the judgment-seat of Christ,[198]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII
For if "we must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad,"[202]