What Bible verse tells that your spirit doesn't burn in hell for eternity but it just dies?

Answer 1

Answer:

There are a couple of passages that refer to the coming "Judgment" [when the prophesied LAKE OF FIRE is slated to BURN UP the wicked - see Rev.20:15]. Jesus speaks of this "GEHENNA FIRE" that the KJV translates "HELL" as the Gehenna Valley near Jerusalem, that will burn for a thousand years, as destroying what is cast into it -- not burning for eternity. But He only mentions two things in His warning -- neither of which is 'the spirit' in us:

"...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 [Gehenna]." (Matt.10:28)

Paul alludes to the coming Judgment when Jesus returns... and mentions the spirit. But... he prays for the preservation the spirit, soul and body. And he says nothing about anyone's "spirit burning in hell for eternity."

"...the very God of Peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (I Thess.5:23)

Other than the two "Judgment-referenced" passages, above... the ones below and others that speak of "man's spirit" mostly inform us that our spirit is something "within us"; a little noticed and understood biblical fact which The Bible doesn't say about the "soul."

[the words "soul" and "spirit"; "heaven" and "hell" are subjects of great ignorance and debate among people of all religions... as well as between their denominations].

But, the vast majority of biblical references to the "human spirit" [listed below] make no reference to the Judgment or anyone's spirit "burning in hell for eternity" -- including the above statement by the Judge Himself, Jesus Christ... who only mentions "bodies" and "souls" being DESTROYEDin Gehenna [hell].

"...they fell on their faces, and said, O God, THE GOD OF THE SPIRITS OF ALL FLESH, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?" (Num.16:22).

"But THERE IS A SPIRIT IN MAN; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding." (Job 32:8)

"The SPIRIT OF MAN is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly." (Prov.20:27)

"...with my spirit WITHIN ME will I seek thee early..." (Isa.26:9).

"...saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens... and FORMETH THE SPIRIT OF MAN WITHIN HIM." (Zech.12:1)

"For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except THE MAN's SPIRIT WITHIN HIM? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God." (I Cor.2:11 NIV)

"...be renewed in THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND..." (Eph.4:23).

"...the SPIRIT THAT DWELLETH IN US lusteth to envy?" (James 4:5).

Paul prays for the "Children of God" [God's elect; His church, the sake of whom Paul was commissioned by God]... that they might turn away from evil. And that if there be some who wickedly refuse to heed the warning:

"To deliver such an one unto Satan for THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FLESH, that THE SPIRIT MAY BE SAVED in the DAY OF THE LORD JESUS." (I Cor.5:5)

There is no scripture in the Bible about anything "burning in hell for eternity." But whatever shall be cast into the coming "Lake of Fire" on Judgment Day are "material, physical things" that shall be "destroyed"... "burned to ashes"... "ended"... "finished."

Another thought:

As mentioned above, many religions teach that not the spirit, but the 'soul' is what lives on after death, and scripturally there's a difference between 'Soul' and 'Spirit'.(Hebrews 4:12)

'Spirit'(Hebrew: Ruach/Greek:Pneuma)is God's active force and the 'breath' of life.

'Soul' (Hebrew: Nepesh/Greek:Psykhe)is the creature itself, body/personality/vital force all together. We can read about that at: Genesis 2:17:

"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man BECAME A LIVING SOUL"(KJV)(Genesis 2:7)(1 Corinthians 15:45).

And when Adam sinned, the penalty for disobedience was not 'torture in hell', but 'DEATH'(Genesis 2:17/Genesis 3:19/Psalm 146:4/Romans 5:12). The soul can die (Ecclesiastes 3:19+20) So, to answer your question:

'the soul that sinneth, it shall die." (KJV-Ezekiel 18:4)(Romans 6:23)