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I. ITS NATURE.

1. Tribulation. By —

(1)  Exclusion from God's presence and the bliss of heaven.

(2)  Confinement to the society of the devil, his angels, and wicked men.

(3)  The absence of all that can afford comfort and pleasure.

(4)  The presence of all that can occasion misery. Outer darkness: furnace and lake of fire; undying worm; bottomless pit, are its emblems.

2. Anguish. From —

(1)  Experience of God's anger.

(2)  Sense of abhorrence of all holy beings.

(3)  Consciousness of moral loathsomeness and corruption.

(4)  Working of uncontrolled passions and ungratified desires.

(5)  Sense of all being self-caused and justly deserved.

(6)  Inability to escape or obtain mitigation.

(7)  Knowledge that all is everlasting.

II. ITS CHARACTERISTICS.

1. Universality. "Every soul that doeth evil."

2. Suitability. "The soul" —

(1)  The chief seat of suffering as the chief agent in sinning.

(2)  Especially capable of realising the Divine anger.

3. Impartiality. "The Jew first and also the Gentile."

(T. Robinson, D. D.)

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KJV: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

WEB: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;