Bible Verses about “purgatory”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."”

“He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."”

“Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,”

“Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

“I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”

“in which he also went and preached to the spirits in prison,”

“For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."”

“Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.”

“He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."”

“having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;”

“I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.”

“I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.”

“One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride."”

“The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.”

“I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.”

“For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.”

“I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.”

“There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.”

“The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;”

“the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst.”

“Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,”

“The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.”

“I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.”

“He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.”

“He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.”

“He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,”

“The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.”

“The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.”

“having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.”

“On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.”

“The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.”

“He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.”

“Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.”

“The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.”

“Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there),”

“For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

“and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.”

“If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.”

“each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is.”

“If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.”

“But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;”

“so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.”

“For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.”

“That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,”