21 Bible Verses about Purgatory

Besides all that, a great gulf yawns between us and you, to keep back those who want to cross from us to you and also those who want to pass from you to us.'

if a man's work is burnt up, he will be a loser ??and though he will be saved himself, he will be snatched from the very flames.

but in every case the nature of his work will come out; the Day will show what it is, for the Day breaks in fire, and the fire will test the work of each, no matter what that work may be.

Thus, when you go before the magistrate with your opponent, do your utmost to get quit of him on the way there, in case he hales you before the judge; then the judge will hand you over to the jailer and the jailer will throw you in prison.

And their sins and breaches of the law I will remember no more.

to the assembly of the first-born registered in heaven, to the God of all as judge, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom;

Here is the message we learned from him and announce to you: 'God is light and in him there is no darkness, none.'

(may he find favour with the Lord on the great Day! The Lord grant it!). And you know very well what a help he was to me in Ephesus.

(It was in the Spirit that Enoch also went and preached to the imprisoned spirits

The four living Creatures, each with six wings apiece, are full of eyes all over their bodies and under their wings, and day and night they never cease the chant, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God almighty, who was and is and is coming."

It is His will that they should understand the glorious wealth which this secret holds for the Gentiles, in the fact of Christ's presence among you as your hope of glory.

I was dead and here I am alive for evermore, holding the keys that unlock death and Hades.

who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration ??not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

for I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, as it dwells (I feel sure) in yourself.

I render thanks to God, the God of my fathers whom I worship with a pure conscience, as I mention you constantly in my prayers.

So if you remember, even when offering your gift at the altar, that your brother has any grievance against you,

So do not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, and do not be ashamed of a prisoner of the Lord like me; join me in bearing suffering for the gospel by the power of the God

Model yourself on the sound instruction you have had from me in the faith and love of Christ Jesus.

he is prior to all, and all coheres in him.

After this I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard talking with me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must come to pass after this."