[Elsie]

NIV Matthew 5:22
   But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, `Raca, ' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, `You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell. 

 

NIV Matthew 5:29
   If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

 

NIV Matthew 5:30
   And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

 

NIV Matthew 10:28
   Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

 

NIV Matthew 18:9
   And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

 

NIV Matthew 23:15
   "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

 

NIV Matthew 23:33
   "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

 

NIV Mark 9:43
   If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

 

NIV Mark 9:45
   And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

 

NIV Mark 9:47-48
 47.  And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
 48.  where "`their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'

 

NIV Luke 12:5
   But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

 

NIV Luke 16:23
   In hell,  where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.

 

NIV James 3:6
   The tongue also is a fire , a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire , and is itself set on fire by hell.

 

NIV 2 Peter 2:4-9
 4.  For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,  putting them into gloomy dungeons  to be held for judgment;
 5.  if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
 6.  if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
 7.  and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
 8.  (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
 9.  if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.

 

NIV Hebrews 10:26-27
 26.  If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,
 27.  but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

 

NIV 2 Peter 3:7
   By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire , being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

 

NIV 2 Peter 3:10
   But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire , and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

 

NIV 2 Peter 3:11-13
11.  Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives
 12.  as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.  That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire , and the elements will melt in the heat.
 13.  But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

 

NIV Jude 1:7
   In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire .

 

NIV Jude 1:22-23
 22.  Be merciful to those who doubt;
 23.  snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

 

NIV Revelation 20:14-15
 14.  Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire . The lake of fire is the second death.
15.  If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire .

---

It does.........

[jwh_Denver]

I appreciate you posting Scripture to support your beliefs. And I appreciate your non-combative mode to arriving at the Truth via the Scriptures. There are at least 2 words in Hebrew for the word "hell"; one is sheol which simply means the place of the dead, 6 feet under if you didn't see my earlier post. The other is "gehenna". Outside the city of Jerusalem was a garbage dump that was constanting on fire with all the garbage that had been dumped on it through the years.

As you can see with the Scriptures you posted "hell" is used in different ways.

NIV Matthew 5:29
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Jesus Christ in this verse and others you posted are a figure of speech. If one cut off his hand would he be sinless? No. He is saying if something gets in your way of following him and doing his commandments cut THEM off. This could be the love of anything else more than loving Jesus Christ.

NIV Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
This is another usage of the word "hell". I don't know how to explain the usage here.

NIV Luke 16:23
In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
This is a parable and is not to be taken literally.

NIV 2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire , and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
12. as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire , and the elements will melt in the heat.
13. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
You posted a number of Scriptures that have the word "fire" in them. I have been told that whenever "fire" is used in the Bible it is indicative of purification. I don't see it in all the verses you posted but I do see it in most. Fire purifies the earth and everything is burned off and what is left is laid bare. The destruction of the heaven we have now will be destroyed by fire so we can then enjoy the uncorrupted new heavens and earth. This happens after death and Hades and those not found in the book of life are thrown into the lake of purification because we cannot have a home of righteousness if there are still ungodly people or whatever are still around. They will be destroyed from the prescence of Lord forever.