12 Bible Verses about Eternal Death
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And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
If, then, your hand or your foot ensnares you, cut it off, and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire.
Then will he say to those on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and you gave me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you took me not to your houses; naked, and you did not clothe me; I was sick, and in prison, and you did not visit me.read more.
Then they also will answer, and say: Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? Then will he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.
And if your hand ensnare you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter maimed into life, than having two hands to go away into hell, into the fire that is not quenched, where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched.
His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his thrashing-floor, and gather the grain into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
and shall come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
For many walk, of whom I often said to you, and now say even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of the Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
and to you that are afflicted, rest with us, at the revelation of our Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; these shall suffer punishment in that day, even eternal destruction, far from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
and then shall that lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy by the spirit of his mouth, and will utterly over throw by the brightness of his coming:
of the teaching with respect to immersions, and of the laying on of hands, of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal condemnation.
He that despised Moses law, died without mercy, on the testimony of two or three witnesses: of how much severer punishment do you think he shall be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, a common thing, and has done despite to the Spirit of grace? For we know him who has said, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people.read more.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the detestable, and murderers and lewd persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
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eternal Death » Shall be inflicted by Christ
Then will he say to those on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory;
and to you that are afflicted, rest with us, at the revelation of our Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ;
eternal Death » The necessary consequence of sin
for if you live according to the flesh, you shall die: but if, through the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
Know you not, that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey, whether of sin that leads to death, or of obedience that leads to righteousness?
So, then, desire, when it has conceived, brings forth sin; and sin, when it is matured, brings forth death.
eternal Death » Described as » A lake of fire
And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that was with him, who did signs in his presence, with which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire, which burns with brim stone.
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the detestable, and murderers and lewd persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
eternal Death » Is called » Destruction
What, then, if God, intending to show his wrath, and to make his power known, yet, in much long-suffering bore with the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction:
these shall suffer punishment in that day, even eternal destruction, far from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
eternal Death » Saints shall escape
Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; over such the second death has no power: but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He that overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.
eternal Death » Christ, the only way of escape from
And there is salvation in no other; nor, indeed, is there another name under heaven, given among men, by which we must be saved.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
eternal Death » The portion of the wicked
Then will he say to those on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
eternal Death » God alone can inflict
And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
There is one law-giver that is able to save, and to destroy: who are you that judge an other?
eternal Death » The way to, described
Enter in through the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction; and many there are that go in through it.
eternal Death » Is called » The wrath to come
and to wait for his Son from heaven, even Jesus, whom he raised from the dead, and who delivers us from the coming wrath.
eternal Death » Described as » Banishment from God
these shall suffer punishment in that day, even eternal destruction, far from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
eternal Death » Is called » The second death
He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He that overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.
eternal Death » Self-righteousness leads to
eternal Death » Described as » Society with the devil, &c
Then will he say to those on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
eternal Death » Described as » outer darkness,
And cast the unprofitable servant into the darkness without. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
eternal Death » Is called » Everlasting punishment
And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
eternal Death » Is called » Damnation of hell
eternal Death » Illustrated
and in hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus iii his bosom. And he called to him and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that, in your lifetime, you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus his evil things. But now he is comforted, and you are tormented. read more.
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that they that would pass hence to you, can not; nor can they that would, pass thence to us.
eternal Death » Described as » A mist of darkness for ever
These men are fountains without water, clouds driven by a tempest, for whom the gloom of darkness is reserved forever.
eternal Death » Described as » Indignation, wrath, &c
but to those who are contentious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, anger and wrath, affliction and distress, upon every soul of man that practices what is evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek:
eternal Death » Is called » Perishing
But these men, like beasts with out reason, which follow the instinct of nature, and are made to be taken and destroyed, speaking evil of things that they understand not, shall utterly perish in their own corruption,
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to shame, &c
eternal Death » The wages of sin
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal "life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
eternal Death » Strive to preserve others from
let him know that he who turns back a sinner from the error of his way, will save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.
eternal Death » Described as » The worm that dies not
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to damnation
and shall come forth; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » eternal Death
Therefore, as, by one offense, sentence came on all men to condemnation, so, also, by one act of righteousness, the gift has come on all men to justification of life.
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal "life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Salvation » Is deliverance from » eternal Death
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes on him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through him, might be saved.