34 Bible Verses about Purgatory
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And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’
If any man’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs.
each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.
For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,
to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom.
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth.
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day—and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus.
“A mother will forget him;
The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison,
“They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”
to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters,
So does Sheol those who have sinned.
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,
For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.
I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day,
Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,
Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.
“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
“From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not pay attention to folly.
“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.”
“Others snatch the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.
