2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to what he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Are you saying this isnt true?
Do you think ‘2 Cor 5: 16’ is a get out of judgement card?
Not only is 2 Cor 5:10 true, it is the proof that those born from above will be snatched away to stand at the Heavenly Bema Seat of Judgment for believers. Those born from above are not judged under the laws of sin and death. They are a new creation in whom God has put His Holy Spirit spark. It is the spark which identifies whom He will be Rapturing out from this world before the wrath is poured out upon the Earth. The Judgment Seat of Christ takes place in Heaven, and is for the Bride, before the wedding. It is a purifying Judgment, not a condemnation judgment.
The passage is more than just verse 16. It runs right the way through. I just underlined and bolded some to emphasize focus there.
1 Cor 3:10 - 15 Paul is explaining about the works believers do, and the judgment seat of Christ when the works will be revealed by source, IN HEAVEN prior to the wedding. If wood hay and stubble the fire of refinement will burn them up. If Gold, silver, and precious stones the fire of refinement will bring up the glory. It is these glorified gold, silver, and precious stones (metaphorical of course) which adorn the New Jerusalem which the Birde occupies and returns to Earth with the Lord for the New World to come after the Tribulation.
Are you saying this isnt true?
Do you think ‘2 Cor 5: 16’ is a get out of judgement card?
You have to let the words sink in as you read those scriptures...The person is NOT being judged...It is the person's works that are being judged...
The bad works get burned up...They don't show up in heaven...It is only the good works that appear on your record in heaven...And these good works determine what crowns you get in heaven...
This is a judgment of Jesus Christ...There are ONLY Christians there...There are no unbelievers at this judgment...
I know I am making a long post (two commentary sources on the verse you question) but I hope it is worth your time.
Thanks for taking the time to read them
What follows is copied from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown (commentary on 2 Cor 5:10)
10. appear-- rather, "be made manifest," namely, in our true character. So "appear," Greek, "be manifested" (Col 3:4; compare 1Co 4:5). We are at all times, even now, manifest to God; then we shall be so to the assembled intelligent universe and to ourselves:for the judgment shall be not only in order to assign the everlasting portion to each, but to vindicate God's righteousness, so that it shall be manifest to all His creatures, and even to the conscience of the sinner himself.
receive-- His reward of grace proportioned to "the things done," etc. (2Co 9:6- 9; 2Jo 8). Though salvation be of grace purely, independent of works, the saved may have a greater or less reward, according as he lives to, and labors for, Christ more or less. Hence there is scope for the holy "ambition" (see on 2Co 5:9; Heb 6:10). This verse guards against the Corinthians supposing that all share in the house "from heaven" (2Co 5:1, 2). There shall be a searching judgment which shall sever the bad from the good, according to their respective,deeds, the motive of the deeds being taken into account, not the mere external act; faith and love to God are the sole motives recognized by God as sound and good (Mt 12:36, 37; 25:35- 45),
done in his body-- The Greek may be, "by the instrumentality of the body"; but English Version is legitimate (compare Greek, Ro 2:27). Justice requires that substantially the same body which has been the instrument of the unbelievers 'sin, should be the object of punishment. A proof of the essential identity of the natural and the resurrection body.
And this is copied from ESV Study Bible
5:10 the judgment seat of Christ. The "judgment seat" (Gk. bēma) was the tribunal bench in the Roman courtroom, where the governor sat while rendering judicial verdicts. Remains of such a bēma exist in the Corinthian forum today (see Acts 18:12–17 and Introduction to 1 Corinthians: The Ancient City of Corinth). In the coming age, Christ will judge as God the Father's representative, ruling the kingdom the Father has given him (see Rom. 14:10–12; etc.). so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done . . . whether good or evil. This underscores the principle that present- day actions have eternal consequences. All Christians will appear before the eternal judgment seat of Christ, to receive "what is due" to them for the deeds that they have done in their earthly life. It is debated, however, (1) whether the aim of this judgment is to determine the measure of reward that the Christian will receive in the age to come; or (2) whether the aim is to provide demonstrative evidence regarding who is lost and who is saved. Because the context of Paul's statement refers back to both the believer's hope for the resurrection (see 2 Cor. 5:1, 4) and to the reward of "glory beyond all comparison" (see 4:16–18), it would seem that both aims are in view. Thus, with regard to the first case, many interpreters hold that the believer's deeds will provide public evidence to indicate the measure of rewards that the believer will receive, corresponding to the believer's "obedience of faith" (acts of service, love, and righteousness; cf. Rom. 1:5; 16:26). In the second case, some interpreters hold that the believer's deeds will also provide public evidence brought forth before the judgment seat of Christ to demonstrate that one's faith is real—that is, public evidence, not as the basis for salvation, but as a demonstration of the genuineness of one's faith. Paul therefore makes it his aim to "please" Christ (2 Cor. 5:5–9), because the extent to which one does this corresponds to the measure of rewards that one will receive (see Matt. 6:20; Luke 19:17, 19; 1 Cor. 3:12–15; 1 Tim. 6:19; Rev. 22:12), likewise giving evidence for the genuineness of one's faith. Paul is confident that genuine believers will pass Christ's judgment, since the new covenant ministry of reconciliation has brought them under the life- transforming power of the Spirit—based on the forgiveness of their sins through faith in Christ alone, all of which is the result of God's grace alone (see 2 Cor. 1:12, 22; 3:6, 8–9, 18; 4:4–6, 15; 5:5, 14–15, 16–21; 8:19; 9:8, 14; etc.).