being responsible
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23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.
12And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.
10Whoever is faithful in what is least, is also faithful in what is greater. And whoever is unjust in what is small, is also unjust in what is greater.
6The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
20The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.
8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.
4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.
10For it is necessary for us to be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive the proper things of the body, according to his behavior, whether it was good or evil.
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
13Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.
5For each one shall carry his own burden.
11When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I understood like a child, I thought like a child. But when I became a man, I put aside the things of a child.