The Truth Project
Studies the Greek word kolasis, often translated punishment, and whether it carries corrective, disciplinary, or penal meaning.
“For there are partial corrections (padeiai) which are called chastisements (kolasis), which many of us who have been in transgression incur by falling away from the Lord’s people. But as children are chastised by their teacher, or their...
Matt 25:46
“The Greek word for punishment here [Matt 25:46] is kolasis, which was not originally an ethical word at all. It originally meant the pruning of trees to make them grow better. I think it is true to say that in all Greek secular literature...
“There is a difference between revenge and punishment; the latter (kolasis) is inflicted in the interest of the sufferer, the former (timoria) in the interest of him who inflicts it, that he may obtain satisfaction.” “And these will go...
Matthew 25:46; John 15:2; Hab. 3:6
So far we have looked at 4 terms used in Scripture to convey judgment in the afterlife. In this blog we will look at the term that is found in the most notorious reference to supposed “eternal damnation.” This reference is by far the most...
“Eternal life, then, is not merely life that comes from God; it is also the mode of living associated with the age to come. And similarly for eternal punishment: It is not merely punishment that comes from God; it is also the form of...
“The simplest way to put it is that aionios cannot be used properly of anyone but God; it is the word uniquely, as Plato saw it, of God. Eternal punishment is then literally that kind of remedial punishment which it befits God to give, and...
Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Isaiah 66:24; Luke 16:19-31; Luke 16:23; Revelation 14:10-11; Revelation 20:10; Hebrews 12:29
YOU KNOW THAT “HELL” THE RELIGIOUS CHURCH TAUGHT YOU ALL YOUR LIFE?Jesus Never Taught That Hell in All of Scripture INTRODUCTION: SMOKE AND FEAR — HOW RELIGION TURNED THE GOSPEL INTO A FIREPITFor centuries, the Church has preached a gospel...
1 Corinthians 3:11-15; Romans 5:17; 1 Cor. 3:11-15; 1 Tim. 2:1-6; Eph. 1:10; Phil. 2:9-11; Col. 1:20; Heb. 2:9
The following is from Richard Murray, a great theologian of our time. Here is a quick historical survey of the EARLY CHURCH regarding their surprising beliefs about HELL: THE FIRST 500 YEARS: In the first five centuries there were six...