34 Bible Verses about Purgatory
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And besides all this, there is a great chasm fixed between you and us; so that they desiring to pass from here to you cannot, nor can they pass over to us from there.
If anyone's work shall be burned up, he shall suffer loss. But he shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
Then one of the seraphs flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, snatched with tongs from the altar.
each one's work shall be revealed. For the Day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try each one's work as to what kind it is.
For as you go with your adversary to the judge, give pains in the way to be set free from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into the prison.
tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man who has worked out evil; of the Jew first, and also of the Greek.
also He adds, "their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more."
to the general assembly and church of the first-born who are written in Heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
And Saul gave his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
And this is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.
He is swift on the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not behold the way of the vineyards.
May the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day. And in what things he ministered to me at Ephesus, you know very well.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be remembered no more; and injustice shall be broken like a tree.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of shelter.
And each one of the four living creatures had six wings about him, and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come.
For to them God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,
and the Living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am alive for ever and ever, Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death.
They remove the landmarks; they seize flocks and feed them.
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 given us in Christ Jesus before the eternal times.
taking recollection of the unfeigned faith that is in you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and in your mother Eunice. And I am persuaded that it is in you also.
I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day,
Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
Therefore you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner. But be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God,
Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God does not charge foolishness.
Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days?
After these things I looked, and behold, a door was opened in Heaven. And the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will show you what must occur after these things.