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Matthew 25:46
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Matthew 25:46
46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
46And *these shall goe away into euerlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternall.
- Dan. 12.2. iohn 5.29.
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Matthew 25:46
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
everlasting
Enduring forever or without end; eternal in the person, life, judgment, kingdom, mercy, righteousness, or other reality spoken of.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
punishment
Any pain or suffering inflicted on a person for a crime or offense, by the authority to which the offender is subject, either by the constitution of God or of civil society.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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Open the full verse study29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
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Open the full verse study36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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Open the full verse study8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Open the full verse study15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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Open the full verse study9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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Open the full verse study23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Open the full verse study21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Open the full verse study15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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Open the full verse study10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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Open the full verse study27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
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Open the full verse study48Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
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Open the full verse study41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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Open the full verse study25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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Open the full verse study15And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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Open the full verse study8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
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Open the full verse study43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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Open the full verse study11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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Open the full verse study2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
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Open the full verse study26And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
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Open the full verse study29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
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Open the full verse study10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
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Open the full verse study7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
10But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
11For there is no respect of persons with God.
12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
14For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
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Open the full verse study43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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Open the full verse study10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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Open the full verse study21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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