Luk 3:17
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Q - Does (fire unquenchable) in this verse indicate that the unsaved will burn in hell for ever?
A - No, this is a figure of speech. For example Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by fire over 3000 years ago yet the book of Jude says they were destroyed by eternal fire. (Jud 1:7) just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
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