34 Bible Verses about Purgatory

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Besides all this, a wide chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross from this side to you cannot do so, nor can they cross from your side to us.'

If his work is burned up, he will suffer loss. However, he himself will be saved, but it will be like going through fire.

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, carrying a burning coal in his hand that he had taken from the altar with tongs.

the workmanship of each person will become evident, for the day of judgment will show what it is, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's action.

For example, when you go with your opponent in front of a ruler, do your best to settle with him on the way there. Otherwise, you will be dragged in front of the judge, and the judge will hand you over to an officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.

There will be suffering and anguish for every human being who practices doing evil, for Jews first and for Greeks as well.

and I will never again remember their sins and their lawless deeds."

In the afterlife, where he was in constant torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus by his side.

Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Laish's son Palti from Gallim.

"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.

May the Lord grant that he finds mercy on the day he comes again. You know very well how much he assisted me in Ephesus.

The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.

in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits

They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock.

As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.

"So if you are presenting your gift at the altar and remember there that your brother has something against you,

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

From the city, dying men groan aloud, and the wounded cries out for help, but God charges no one with wrong.

Why doesn't the Almighty reserve time for judgment? And why don't those who know him perceive his days?

The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, "No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.

After these things, I saw a door standing open in heaven. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this."

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