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| 1 Pt 1:6-7 | brief trial to achieve Christ | |
| Lk 12:59 | leave after payment in full | |
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| 2 Sm 12:13-14 | forgiven, then suffering | |
| Ws 3:5-6 | God tests by fire, then heaven | |
| Zc 13:8-9 | God purifies righteous by fire | A purification of the righteous as by fire |
| 1 Cr 3:13 | our works tested by fire | |
| 1 Cr 3:15 | saved, but only through fire | |
| Co 1:24 | extra suffering | |
| 1 Pt 1:6-7 | faith test (fig. by fire) | |
| Ju 1:23 | saved by being snatched from fire | |
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| Mt 12:32 | unforgiven in this age or next | Forgiven in this world (age) or the next, directly describes a next state wherein forgiveness can be obtained. |
| Sr 7:33-37 | The dead in need of grace | "restrain not grace from the dead" meaning do not withhold grace ('aid,' in context) from the dead. Why would the dead need grace? Those that have chosen hell are beyond grace. Are those bound for heaven in need of grace? If they must need to be "made perfect" for their past sins, then they do indeed need to be "purged" of their sins and obtain forgiveness.
See related topic: Prayers for the Dead. |
| 1 Pt 3:18-20 | Jesus preached to the dead | |
| 1 Pt 4:6 | Gospel preached to the dead | |
| He 12:5-14 | God chastens us into holiness | |
| He 12:23 | souls in heaven "made perfect" | "Spirits," not living, physical beings but the souls of dead men ("just men" in the KJV), "made perfect." The process (or state or command) wherein the souls of the dead are "made perfect" is that which Catholics call Purgatory. |
| Ja 3:2 | we all fall short in many respects | |
| Rv 21:27 | nothing unclean enters heaven | If nothing unclean enters heaven, yet we all fall short in many respects (James 3:2) then some process must occur so that we are "made perfect" so as to enter heaven. |
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| Je 30:11 | God to chastise | ... the faithful remnant before they can enter the promised land. Some have held this as an early foreshadowing of the purging of our unclean natures before entering heaven. |
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| Mt 12:32 | can't refer to either heaven or hell | There are more "states" of being than just Heaven and Hell |
| Jn 11:39-44 | Lazarus wasn't in heaven, hell | Where was the soul of Lazarus after he died? He wasn't in hell, as no one returns from there. He wasn't in heaven. This is not to say that he was in Purgatory, but simply to point out that one or more states other than heaven and hell exist after death. |
| AA 9:36-41 | Tabitha wasn't in heaven, hell | Tabitha was dead, but was not in Heaven (otherwise, why should she leave?) or Hell (where she could not leave). |
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| Ma 3:3 | Purify like gold | Refining and beautifying gold (a process that involves fire) as a metaphor for purifying a people in preparation of service to the Lord. |
