dam·na·tion /dæmˈneʃən/
非難,被罰下地獄,詛咒
Dam·na·tion n.
1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
2. Theol. Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.
How can ye escape the damnation of hell? --Matt. xxiii. 33.
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. --Shak.
3. A sin deserving of everlasting punishment. [R.]
The deep damnation of his taking-off. --Shak.
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damnation
n 1: the act of damning
2: the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
[syn: eternal damnation]
Damnation
in Rom. 13:2, means "condemnation," which comes on those who
withstand God's ordinance of magistracy. This sentence of
condemnation comes not from the magistrate, but from God, whose
authority is thus resisted.
In 1 Cor. 11:29 (R.V., "judgment") this word means
condemnation, in the sense of exposure to severe temporal
judgements from God, as the following verse explains.
In Rom. 14:23 the word "damned" means "condemned" by one's own
conscience, as well as by the Word of God. The apostle shows
here that many things which are lawful are not expedient; and
that in using our Christian liberty the question should not
simply be, Is this course I follow lawful? but also, Can I
follow it without doing injury to the spiritual interests of a
brother in Christ? He that "doubteth", i.e., is not clear in his
conscience as to "meats", will violate his conscience "if he
eat," and in eating is condemned; and thus one ought not so to
use his liberty as to lead one who is "weak" to bring upon
himself this condemnation.