a.
Matthew 11:23 “And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted
unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell:
for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been
done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.”
b. Matthew
16:18 “And I say also unto thee, that thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against
it.”
c. Luke 10:15
“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be
thrust down to hell.”
d. Luke 16:23
“And in hell he lift up his eyes, being
in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his
bosom.”
e. Acts 2:27
“Because thou wilt not leave my soul in
hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”
f. Acts 2:31
“He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ,
that his soul was not left in hell,
neither his flesh did see corruption.”
g. Revelation
1:18 “I am he that liveth and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of
hell and of death.”
h. Revelation
6:8 “ And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and
his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell
followed with him. And power was given unto them over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
i.
Revelation
20:13-14 “And the sea gave uip the dead which
were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works, and death and
hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second
death.”
3.
The Greek word
geenna
describes the final abode of
the wicked dead, which is correctly called hell in the
Authorized Version and the American revised Version.
a. Matthew
5:22 “But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry
with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the
judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,
shall be in danger of the council; but whosoever shall say,
Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell
fire.”
b. Matthew
10:28 “And fear not them which kill the body, but
are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is
able to destroy both soul and body in hell”
c. Matthew
18:9 “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out,
and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into
life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast
into hell fire.”
d. Matthew
23:15 “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For ye compass sea and land to make one
proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more
the child of hell than yourselves.”
e. Matthew
22:33 “Ye (Pharisees) serpents, ye generation of
vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”
f. Mark
9:43-48 “And 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: Where their worm dieth not,
and the fire is not quenched. And 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: Where their worm
dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And it thine eye
offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter
into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes
to be cast into hell fire: Where their
worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”
g.
Luke 12:5 “But I will forewarn you whom ye shall
fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast
into hell; yea, I say unto you, fear him.”
h.
James 3:6 “And the tongue is a fire, a world of
iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth
the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it
is set on fire of hell.”
