eternal punishment
Endless torment below
Eternal punishment refers to suffering or torment that continues forever, without end or possibility of relief.
The concept appears most prominently in religious contexts, particularly Christian theology, where it describes the fate of souls condemned to hell—endless separation from God and perpetual anguish.
The phrase emphasizes both duration (eternal) and the negative nature of the experience (punishment), distinguishing it from temporary or corrective forms of discipline.
The preacher warned of eternal punishment awaiting the unrepentant.
- perditionEternal spiritual ruin
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- lake of fireFiery underworld punishment realm
- GehennaPlace of eternal torment
brimstone · inferno · Dante's Inferno · gates of hell · torment · gnashing of teeth · Tartarus · mortal sin · sin · divine wrath · judgment day · existential dread · repentance · divine justice · cosmic justice · apocalypse · original sin · depravity
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- UnderworldHades, Tartarus, netherworld, Sheol, Styx
- Hellhellfire, brimstone, lake of fire, perdition, damnation
- infernohellfire, hellscape, brimstone, sulfur, limbo
- Judgment Dayjudgment day, final judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, second coming
- religious dreadholy fear, divine wrath, divine judgment, damnation, hellfire
eternal punishmenteternal life
Unending conscious existence
eternal bliss · eternal reward · heaven · paradise · everlasting life
eternal punishmentredemption
Recovery or moral restoration
mercy · forgiveness · divine mercy · divine grace · absolution