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The term "damnable" is often used in theological discussions to describe actions, beliefs, or doctrines that are considered worthy of condemnation and lead to eternal separation from God. In the context of Christian theology, it is associated with sin and heresy that result in spiritual death and damnation.
Biblical ContextThe concept of damnation is rooted in the Bible's teachings on sin and judgment. While the specific term "damnable" may not appear frequently in the Berean Standard Bible, the idea is conveyed through various passages that warn against behaviors and beliefs that lead to spiritual ruin.
Sin and JudgmentThe Bible consistently warns against sin, which is seen as rebellion against God's will.
Romans 6:23 states, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." This verse highlights the ultimate consequence of sin—spiritual death, which is often understood as damnation.
False Teachings and HeresyThe New Testament frequently addresses the issue of false teachings, which are considered damnable because they lead believers away from the truth of the Gospel. In
2 Peter 2:1 , the apostle warns, "But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves."
Unforgivable SinThe concept of an unforgivable sin is also related to the idea of damnation. In
Mark 3:29 , Jesus states, "But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." This passage has been interpreted to mean that certain actions or attitudes, particularly those that involve a hardened heart against the Holy Spirit, are damnable.
Moral and Ethical ImplicationsFrom a moral and ethical standpoint, actions that are considered damnable are those that violate God's commandments and lead to a life of unrepentant sin.
Galatians 5:19-21 lists the "acts of the flesh" and concludes with a stern warning: "I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God."
Salvation and RedemptionWhile the Bible speaks of damnation, it also offers hope through salvation in Jesus Christ.
John 3:16-17 provides the foundation for this hope: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him."
In summary, the concept of "damnable" in the Bible is closely tied to sin, false teachings, and actions that lead to spiritual death. However, the message of the Gospel provides a path to redemption and eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.
2. (a.) Odious; pernicious; detestable.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DAMN; DAMNATION; DAMNABLEdam, dam-na'-shun, dam'-na-bl: These words have undergone a change of meaning since the King James Version was made. They are derived from Latin damnare = "to inflict a loss," "to condemn," and that was their original meaning in English Now they denote exclusively the idea of everlasting punishment in hell. It is often difficult to determine which meaning was intended by the translators in the King James Version. They have been excluded altogether from the Revised Version (British and American). The words for which they stand in the King James Version are:
(1) apoleia, "destruction," translated "damnable" and "damnation" only in2 Peter 2:1-3 (the Revised Version (British and American) "destructive," "destruction"). False prophets taught doctrines calculated to destroy others, and themselves incurred the sentence of destruction such as overtook the fallen angels, the world in the Deluge, and the cities of the Plain. Apoleia occurs otherwise 16 times in the New Testament, and is always translated in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) by either "perdition" or "destruction": twice of waste of treasure (Matthew 26:8 =Mark 14:4); twice of the beast that comes out of the abyss and goes into perdition (Revelation 17:8, 11). In all other cases, it refers to men, and defines the destiny that befalls them as the result of sin: Judas is the "son of perdition" (John 17:12). Peter consigns Simon Magus and his money to perdition (Acts 8:20). Some men are "vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction" (Romans 9:22), and others, their "end is perdition" (Philippians 3:19). It is the antithesis of salvation (Hebrews 10:39Philippians 1:28). Of the two ways of life, one leads to destruction (Matthew 7:13). Whether it is utter, final and irretrievable destruction is not stated.
(2) krino, translated "damned" only in the King James Version of2 Thessalonians 2:12 (the Revised Version (British and American) "judged") means "to judge" in the widest sense, "to form an opinion" (Luke 7:43), and forensically "to test and try" an accused person. It can only acquire the sense of "judging guilty" or "condemning" from the context.
(3) katakrino, translated "damned" only in the King James Version ofMark 16:16Romans 14:23 ("condemned" in the Revised Version (British and American)), means properly "to give judgment against" or "to condemn" and is so translated 17 times in the King James Version and always in the Revised Version (British and American).
(4) krisis, translated "damnation" in the King James Version ofMatthew 23:33Mark 3:29John 5:29 (the Revised Version (British and American) "judgment," but inMark 3:29, "sin" for hamartema), means (a) judgment in general like krino, and is so used about 17 times, besides 14 times in the phrase "day of judgment"; (b) "condemnation," like katakrino, about 14 times.
(5) krima, translated in the King James Version "damnation" 7 times (Matthew 23:14 =Mark 12:40 =Luke 20:47Romans 3:8;Romans 13:21 Corinthians 11:291 Timothy 5:12), "condemnation" 6 times, "judgment" 13 times, "law" and "avenged" once each; in the Revised Version (British and American) "condemnation" 9 t (Matthew 23:14 only inserted in margin), "judgment" 17 times, and once in margin, "lawsuit" and "sentence" once each. "Judgment" may be neutral, an impartial act of the judge weighing the evidence (so inMatthew 7:2Acts 24:25Romans 11:33Hebrews 6:21 Peter 4:17;Revelation 20:4) and "lawsuit" (1 Corinthians 6:7); or it may be inferred from the context that judgment is unto condemnation (so inRomans 2:2, 3;Romans 5:16Galatians 5:102 Peter 2:3;Revelation 17:1;Revelation 18:20, and the Revised Version (British and American)Romans 13:21 Corinthians 11:29). In places where krima and krisis are rightly translated "condemnation," and where "judgment" regarded as an accomplished fact involves a sentence of guilt, they together with katakrino define the relation of a person to the supreme authority, as that of a criminal, found and held guilty, and liable to punishment. So the Roman empire regarded Jesus Christ, and the thief on the cross (Luke 23:40;Luke 24:20).
But generally these words refer to man as a sinner against God, judged guilty by Him, and liable to the just penalty of sin. They imply nothing further as to the nature of the penalty or the state of man undergoing it, nor as to its duration. Nor does the word "eternal" (aion, aionios, often wrongly translated "everlasting" in the King James Version) when added to them, determine the question of duration. Condemnation is an act in the moral universe, which cannot be determined under categories of time.
These terms define the action of God in relation to man's conduct, as that of the Supreme Judge, but they express only one aspect of that relation which is only fully conceived, when coordinated with the more fundamental idea of God's Fatherhood. SeeESCHATOLOGY;JUDGMENT.
LITERATURE. Salmond, Christian Doctrine of Immortality; Charles, Eschatology.
T. Rees
Greek
684. apoleia -- destruction, loss... From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal) --
damnable(-nation), destruction, die, perdition, X perish, pernicious
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Every Thing Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of ManDamnable.
... CHAPTER 3. EVERY THING PROCEEDING FROM THE CORRUPT NATURE OF MANDAMNABLE. EVERY
THING PROCEEDING FROM THE CORRUPT NATURE OF MANDAMNABLE....
Who May be Said to Walk Without Spot;Damnable and Venial Sins.
... Augustin to his holy brethren and fellow-bishops Eutropius and Paulus. Chapter
IX."(20.) Who May Be Said to Walk Without Spot;Damnable and Venial Sins....
That the Law of Moses must be Spiritually Understood to Preclude...
... Book XX. Chapter 28."That the Law of Moses Must Be Spiritually Understood
to Preclude theDamnable Murmurs of a Carnal Interpretation....
V. ...
... Therefore Peter says, that such vain, false teachers are to be; but what shall they
do? This follows further: Who shall privily introducedamnable heresies....
An Epistle on Charity.
... His bodily enemy and a sinful caitiff: how goodly Christ was to him; how benign;
how courteous; how humble to him whom He knew to bedamnable; and nevertheless...
Of the Ways in which Our Soul is Weighed Down.
... down: for He did not mention adultery, or fornication, or murder, or blasphemy,
or rapine, which everybody knows to be deadly anddamnable, but surfeiting and...
The Laws of Grace, which Extend to all the Epochs of the Life of...
... now comprehend the commandment, and submit to the dominion of law, we must declare
war upon vices, and wage this war keenly, lest we be landed indamnable sins...
Whether it is a Mortal Sin for a Man to have Knowledge of his Wife...
... iv, D, 31), "the pleasure taken in the embraces of a wanton isdamnable in a
husband." Now nothing but mortal sin is said to bedamnable....
The Chariot of Fire
... For he was by profession and manner of life, one of thedamnable Beghards, and had
many visions and revelations, after the aforesaiddamnable manner, the which...
The Church of God.
... "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false
teachers among you, who privily shall bring indamnable heresies, even...
Thesaurus
Damnable (1 Occurrence)... 2. (a.) Odious; pernicious; detestable. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DAMN;
DAMNATION;
DAMNABLE.
... T. Rees. Multi-Version Concordance
Damnable (1 Occurrence).
...Damn
... DAMN; DAMNATION;DAMNABLE. dam, dam-na'-shun, dam'-na-bl: These words have undergone
a change of meaning since the King James Version was made....
Damnation (11 Occurrences)
... DAMN; DAMNATION;DAMNABLE. dam, dam-na'-shun, dam'-na-bl: These words have undergone
a change of meaning since the King James Version was made....
Privily (15 Occurrences)
... 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be
false teachers among you, who privily shall bring indamnable heresies, even...
Sect (10 Occurrences)
... the American Standard Revised Version "parties," margin "heresies"; the English
Revised Version reverses text and margin; 2 Peter 2:1, "damnable heresies," the...
Privately (29 Occurrences)
... 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there will be false
teachers among you, who will privately bring indamnable heresies, even...
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