12 Bible Verses about Eternal Death
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And be not afraid of them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off and cast them from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the everlasting fire.
Then shall he say also to them on his left-hand, Depart from me, ye cursed into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.read more.
Then shall they also answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not micister to thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it oot to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
And shall come forth, they that have done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame;
And to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
And then will that wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and destroy with the brightness of his coming:
and of faith in God, Of the doctrine of baptisms and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
He that despised the law of Moses died without mercy, under two or three witnesses. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant, by which he hath been sanctified, an unholy thing, and done despite to the spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance is mine; I will recompence: 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 unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
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eternal Death » Shall be inflicted by Christ
Then shall he say also to them on his left-hand, Depart from me, ye cursed into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory.
And to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them who know not God, and who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
eternal Death » The necessary consequence of sin
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live.
Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are whom ye obey? Whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Then desire having conceived, bringeth forth sin; and sin being perfected, bringeth forth death.
eternal Death » Described as » A lake of fire
And the wild beast was taken, and with him the false prophet, who had wrought the miracles before him, with which he deceived them who had the mark of the wild beast, and them who had worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
eternal Death » Is called » Destruction
What if God, being willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, yet endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction?
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
eternal Death » Saints shall escape
Happy and holy is he that hath a part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: He that overcometh shall not be hurt by the second death.
eternal Death » Christ, the only way of escape from
And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, may not perish, but have everlasting life.
eternal Death » The portion of the wicked
Then shall he say also to them on his left-hand, Depart from me, ye cursed into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life everlasting.
eternal Death » God alone can inflict
And be not afraid of them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
There is one lawgiver that is able to save and to destroy: Who art thou that judgest another?
eternal Death » The way to, described
Enter ye in thro' the straight gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are that go in thro' it:
eternal Death » Is called » The wrath to come
to serve the living and true God, And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he hath raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
eternal Death » Described as » Banishment from God
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power,
eternal Death » Is called » The second death
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: He that overcometh shall not be hurt by the second death.
eternal Death » Self-righteousness leads to
eternal Death » Described as » Society with the devil, &c
Then shall he say also to them on his left-hand, Depart from me, ye cursed into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
eternal Death » Described as » outer darkness,
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
eternal Death » Is called » Everlasting punishment
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into life everlasting.
eternal Death » Is called » Damnation of hell
eternal Death » Illustrated
And in hell lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to 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 thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. read more.
And besides all this, between us and you, there is a great gulph fixed; so that they who would pass from us to you, cannot, neither can they pass to us that would come from thence.
eternal Death » Described as » A mist of darkness for ever
These are wells without water, clouds driven by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved for ever.
eternal Death » Described as » Indignation, wrath, &c
But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, shall be indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, Even upon every soul of man who worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also the Gentile:
eternal Death » Is called » Perishing
But these, as natural brute beasts, born to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things they understand not, and shall perish in their own corruption,
eternal Death » Is called » A resurrection to shame, &c
eternal Death » The wages of sin
For death is the wages of sin; but eternal life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
eternal Death » Strive to preserve others from
Let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide 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, they that have done good, to the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation.
Fall of man » Punishment consequent upon » eternal Death
As therefore by one offence the sentence of death came upon all men to condemnation, so also by one righteousness the free gift came upon all men to justification of life.
For death is the wages of sin; but eternal life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Salvation » Is deliverance from » eternal Death
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, may not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved thro' him.