Matthew 25:46
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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Study Note
The conclusion of the sheep-and-goats judgment — 'these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life' — uses the same Greek adjective (aiōnios) for both destinies, making the duration of punishment grammatically parallel to the duration of life. This parallelism has been central to the historic Christian doctrine of hell and is a primary text for those defending eternal conscious punishment, while universalist interpreters argue that aiōnios can mean 'of the age' rather than 'unending.' The verse functions as the culminating judgment scene of Matthew's fifth discourse (chapters 24-25), giving the entire collection of end-times teaching its moral weight. Cross-referenced with Daniel 12:2 ('some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt'), the verse establishes the binary eschatology that runs from Daniel through the New Testament.
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And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
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