Author: darren92341@gmail.com
"Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor...He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death" (Exodus 20:13...21:12)
The commandment "not kill" cannot be absolute otherwise living wheat, trees and mild bacterial infections could not be killed; more importantly, all the commandments that follow "not kill" have others as their object not self, for example giving something away is not stealing from self. Thirdly, in the ordinances that follow, a suicide cannot be put to death if they are already dead.
"And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal." (Deuteronomy 32:39)
"I kill" is in reference to God's ultimate power over life not a prohibition on killing just as "I heal" is not a prohibition on doctors, or sex is always wrong in case it might "make alive".
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die...For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live." (Ezekiel 18:20...18:32)
"in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it." (Deuteronomy 30:16-18)
God does not like involuntary death of the sinful, not about voluntary death of the good.
"And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; With all wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you all. But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require; At the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man." (Genesis 9:1-6)
Requiring the life of man is shown to be in the context of a freedom granted to kill other animals without their permission, not killing self. Shedding the blood of murderers is not about killing self, as a suicide is already dead.
"Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." (Genesis 3:16-19)
God's plan does not say "all the days of thy life" cannot be fewer days than naturally occurring or that deciding to turn "onto dust" is against the plan.
"Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein." (Deuteronomy 10:14)
If belonging to God means compliance with God's wishes, there is little evidence of a wish to prohibit suicide in the text anymore than there is to eat lemons. Secondly, if belonging to God means to keep God's property as it is, then a person must also not move the body a millimeter where possible and take growth retarders to stay looking like a baby.
"And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." (Genesis 9:1)
This instruction for population explosion is not relevant to suicide. "multiply" is addressed to Noah and his sons, it may be a freedom granted to have sex rather than a duty, and not exercising this freedom theoretically stops any more soul damnations; even if "multiply" has relevance today, a life sentence of 100 years is not necessary for a booming population, and most people want life anyway.
"Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?" (Job 3:20-22)
People who do not want bodily life rejoice exceedingly when they can find death, and it is acknowledged this desire may not be temporary.
"And Moses said unto Jehovah...I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me...And Jehovah said unto Moses...they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone." (Numbers 11:11...11:14-15...11:16...11:17)
Moses says he wishes to die if the burden is too much, so God distributes the burden, and Moses has no more reason to suicide.
"And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin." (1 Kings 16:18-19)
This says Zimri died for his sins, not sinned by dying.
"And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father" (2 Samuel 17:23)
Ahithophel killed himself and was buried normally.
"And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face. And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes. Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die...Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind...Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified? Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?...Then Job answered Jehovah, and said, I know that thou canst do all things." (Job 2:4-9...40:6...40:8-9...42:2)
The temptation here for Job is to kill himself so he can renounce God to God's "face", not a prohibition of suicide per se. God discusses greatness with Job from a special whirlwind, and Job eventually admits that he was incorrect to not believe in God's greatness. He has no more reason to suicide.
"Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?...should not I have regard for Nineveh," (Jonah 4:3-4...4:10)
God changes Jonah's perception that Nineveh will suffer calamity, so Jonah has no more reason to suicide.
"And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan." (Genesis 27:46-28:1)
Rebekah changes Isaac's actions by saying she is finding life weary; she has no more reason to suicide.
"But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water....And Jehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;" (1 Kings 19:4-6...15)
Elijah wants to die in the wilderness because of feelings of inadequacy, but Jehovah gives him a holy mission. He has no more reason to suicide.
"And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die...And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her...And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan." (Genesis 30:1...30:4...30:6)
Rachel says she will suicide if she has no babies, but allows her husband to mate with her maid to produce babies. She has no more reason to suicide.
"And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull. Then he called hastily unto the young man his armorbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died...Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;" (Judges 9:53-54...9:56)
Abimelech was a slayer. God requited the evil by him being slayed, which he did not want. He did want assistance to die earlier than expected, and this wish is respected.
"And Samson called unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein." (Judges 16:28-30)
Samson's death is not incidental to the avenge, but a second explicit wish.
"And Saul smote the Amalekites," (1 Samuel 15:7)
"Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it." (1 Samuel 31:4)
"And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? And the young man that told him said...So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen...Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite...And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed." (2 Samuel 1:5-6...1:10-13...1:16)
"So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah," (1 Chronicles 10:13)
The Amalekite's declaration of having righteously assisted Saul's suicide may be a lie, for at least three reasons: firstly, Amalekites were an enemy of Saul that he smote; secondly, Saul says he does not want outgroups to kill and abuse him; thirdly, it is mentioned that Saul's armor bearer is too anxious to help but the Amalekite is not mentioned. Even if the Amalekite is not lying, David says that it was murder only when he discovers it was an outgroup Amalekite that did the killing. Saul died for his sins, against his wishes to succeed in battle, not sinned by dying.
"And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him." (1 Samuel 31:5)
Saul's armor bearer did not want to live with Saul dead, and his wish to die is completed.
"For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;" (Ecclesiastes 3:1-4)
This does not say to wait for dying to happen any more than it says to wait for dancing.
"Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance;And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them." (Psalms 139:16)
This only says that birth and death time are ultimately already known by God, not that these times must be a surprise to humans.
"All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth [his life] in his evil-doing. Be not righteous overmuch; neither make thyself overwise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?" (Ecclesiastes 7:15-17)
This argument only says that dying early in order to do good, can be simply silly if there is no reason to die. It does not say that suicide is wrong.
"Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time. And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?" (1 Samuel 26:8-9)
"Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back." (Proverbs 24:11)
"For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, They devised to take away my life. But I trusted in thee, O Jehovah:I said, Thou art my God. My times are in thy hand" (Psalms 31:13-15)
Many biblical references anti-suicide-choicers say are about suicide are really about murder, not suicide. For example the phrase "My times are in thy hand" is in reference here to worrying about when involuntary death is likely, not suicide.
"Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;" (Deuteronomy 4:9)
This says that grandchildren may be in need of extra knowledge, and this should be considered before suicide.
"God, my rock, in him will I take refuge." (2 Samuel 22:3)
Putting God as a refuge does not prohibit suicide, otherwise a person must not do anything for themself, like eat if they are hungry, because it is not putting God as the refuge.
"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second like [unto it] is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets" (Matthew 22:36-40)
Christ says the commandment not to kill is not absolute, only a rule of thumb for loving.
"Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire." (Matthew 5:19-22)
This theme of killing as hating others, not always suicide, is also referred to by the disciples.
"In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also. And whither I go, ye know the way. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:2-6)
This example is Jesus preparing a place to live in God's house, not life on earth.
"Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God." (Matthew 4:5-7)
Satan tested the Lord's power to jump off a cliff without injury, but this is not about suicide. This is about testing God not suicide.
"He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." (Matthew 10:37-39)
Christ states that obeying the Lord is more important than pain, for example being tempted to put survival over the Lord, or love a daughter more than the Lord. It is not pain for the sake of pain.
"And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it were better for him if a great millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire." (Mark 9:42-43)
"And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28)
Body death is better than sinning and involuntary soul death in hell.
"...Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins...Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me. And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt." (Matthew 26:27-28...26:38-39)
Christ wills suicide if it had not been for God's plan for remission of sins, not for the sake of pain.
"and no man had strength to tame him. And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him; and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man...And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, [in number] about two thousand; and they were drowned in the sea." (Mark 5:4-13)
Mammals, including pigs, are more likely to kill themselves when stressed.
"And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on their foreheads. And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man. And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them...The first Woe is past..." (Revelations 9:4-7...9:12)
An unchosen group tries to suicide but cannot, not because anti-suicide-choice is good anymore than tormenting people with a scorpion is good, but because it is temporarily impossible as a woe upon the people.
"But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: yet to abide in the flesh is more needful for your sake. And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide, yea, and abide with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith; that your glorying may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again." (Philippians 1:23-26)
"But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry. For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:" (2 Thimoty 4:5)
"For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him [be] the glory for ever. Amen. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service." (Romans 11:36-12:1)
Paul evangelises for God's glory among the people, not for the sake of pain.
"And the jailor, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here." (Acts 16:27-28)
The reason Paul says do no self-harm is because the jailor had poor perception about whether the prisoners were escaped. The jailor has no more reason to suicide.
"Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it]. And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself." (Matthew 27:3-5)
Judas is recorded here as having poor perception that Jesus would be condemned. His returning the blood money as an act of contrition demonstrably shows his disgust, so it cannot be argued that he is a serious thief, an actual devil, a knowledgeable traitor or a direct, rather than indirect, representation of perdition; even if this could be argued, it can be said that Judas died for his sins, not sinned by dying. He has a reason to die, albeit one that could be solved with cognitive therapy, and the suicidal act per se is not condemned.
"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." (1 John 3:15)
The definition of murder is all hatred of others, not suicide.
"Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfillment of the law." (Romans 13:8-10)
This says that the rule not to kill is not absolute, only a rule of thumb for loving.
"For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." (Galations 5:14)
A reason to assist suicide is when it is loving others, and love is the whole law.
"And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus." (Phillipians 4:19)
God supplying needs, does not say that suicide cannot be a need.
"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body." (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
Treating the body as a sacred temple is shown here to be in reference to fornication only, not suicide.
"...for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk after the manner of men?...For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ...If any man's work shall abide which he built thereon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as through fire. Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye." (1 Corinthians 3:3...3:11...3:14-17)
Building a "temple of God" is judged by the labor towards creating a world free of jealousy and strife, building on what Christ started.
"we despaired even of life: yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead: who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;" (2 Corinthians 1:8-10)
This reference and others afirm eternal life, being raised from the dead, not bodily life.
"for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;" (Ephesians 5:29)
This says that no man hated his own flesh, it does not say that suicide is an act of flesh hate.
"But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory...Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 15:54...15:58)
"And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever...And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire. And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire...And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [shall be] in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death...Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and my enter in by the gates into the city. Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely." (Rev 20:10...20:12-15...Rev 21:6-8...22:13-17)
"...that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;" (Hebrews 2:14)
The choice is with the sinless mortal to put on immortal life themself. This contrasts with those sinful not doing the work of the Lord who have no choice but involuntary death in the everlasting fire, which is the second death, which the devil serpent liar had the power of and lives on in an eternal life of pain.
The American Standard Version Bible is quoted.