Matthew 25:46

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἀπελεύσονται οὗτοι εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον: οἱ δὲ δίκαιοι εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

Transliteration

And apeleusontai these into kolasin aiōnion: the de dikaioi into zōēn aiōnion.

Grammar Details

• *apeleusontai*: future middle indicative, 3rd person plural - will go away
• *kolasin*: accusative feminine singular - punishment
• *aiōnion*: accusative feminine singular - eternal
• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *dikaioi*: nominative masculine plural - righteous
• *zōēn*: accusative feminine singular - life

Word Meanings

• *apeleusontai*: will go away/depart/leave
• *kolasin*: punishment/chastisement/penalty
• *aiōnion*: eternal/everlasting/age-long
• *de*: but/and/however
• *dikaioi*: righteous/just/upright
• *zōēn*: life/existence

Referenced Verses

• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.
• John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
• John 5:29 : 29 ‹And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.›
• Rom 6:23 : 23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• John 3:15-16 : 15 ‹That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.› 16 ‹For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.›
• Matt 25:41 : 41 ‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›
• 2 Thess 1:9 : 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Rev 20:15 : 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 ‹But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.›
• Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
• Mark 9:43-45 : 43 ‹And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:› 44 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 45 ‹And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:›
• Mark 9:48-49 : 48 ‹Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.› 49 ‹For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.›
• Acts 24:15 : 15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
• Rom 2:7-9 : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
• Gal 6:8 : 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
• John 10:27-28 : 27 ‹My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:› 28 ‹And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any› [man] ‹pluck them out of my hand.›
• Rev 14:10-11 : 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
• 1 John 2:25 : 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.
• 1 John 5:11-12 : 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
• Jude 1:21 : 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
• John 17:2 : 2 ‹As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.›
• Luke 16:26 : 26 ‹And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that› [would come] ‹from thence.›
• Ps 16:10-11 : 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
• Matt 13:43 : 43 ‹Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.›
• Matt 19:29 : 29 ‹And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.›