22 Bible Verses about Purgatory

And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.'

If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

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.

As you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,

then he adds, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."

and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,

And in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.

may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Dayand you know very well all the service he rendered at Ephesus.

in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to sing, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come."

To them 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; I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore! And I have the keys of death and Hades.

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

For I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure 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 offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

So do not be ashamed to testify of our Lord or of me his prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,

Follow the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the voice, which I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this."