Dictionary of Bible Themes
The state of final separation from God, and so from all light, love, peace, pleasure and fulfilment.
2 Thessalonians 1:8-10Hell is separation from God
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Matthew 7:23; 8:12; 25:32Revelation 21:8Matthew 25:41-46The final state of the wicked is one of eternal punishment
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Jude 1:7"eternal punishment" means the punishment that is part of, and belongs to, the final order of things that follows this present age. This is usually, though not invariably, understood as an unending process of punishment consciously experienced by the wicked.
John 3:36Biblical expressions for final punishment
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God's wrath
Deuteronomy 32:22Zephaniah 1:18Matthew 3:7Romans 2:51 Thessalonians 1:10Revelation 19:15-16Luke 16:23-24See also
Torment
Matthew 8:29Revelation 14:11; 20:10Psalms 55:23
2 Peter 1:4Corruption
Galatians 6:8See also
Destruction
Deuteronomy 7:10Psalms 88:11
John 17:12Romans 9:22Philippians 3:18-192 Thessalonians 2:3Revelation 17:8Jude 1:7See also
Unquenchable fire
Isaiah 66:24Matthew 3:12; 18:8-9Hebrews 10:27Revelation 19:20Jude 1:13See also
Intense darkness, emphasising utter isolation
Matthew 22:132 Peter 2:17Jude 1:6John 8:21See also
Death
Job 28:22Proverbs 15:11Isaiah 28:15Hosea 13:14Romans 6:231 Corinthians 15:26,54-55Revelation 20:14-15See also
The second death
Revelation 20:6; 21:8Luke 16:26The finality of hell
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Hebrews 6:4-6; 10:26-27Revelation 16:11See also
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