8 Translations can vary on the rendering of the word, but marginal helps can clarify any confusion that might arise. The doctrine of eternal punishment has been challenged and perverted by many. Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists and Christadelphians, for example, teach a complete annihilation of the wicked and deny and consciousness after death. Christian Science and Unitarianism reject entirely the doctrine of final judgment. In every modification of the doctrine, hell is never depicted as more severe than Scripture portray it.
False prophets tell people what they want to hear.
Popularity, however, has never been a test for truth. If they hated and persecuted him, he said, they will do the same to us. 11 Daniel was thrown to the lions. 12 Jeremiah was cast into a pit. 13 Amos was told to leave town.