The term 'eternal punishment' indicates a condition of everlasting ____ and ____.

• A. damnation; corruption
• B. torment; misery
• C. punishment; judgment
• D. suffering; despair

Answer: (A)

The phrase eternal punishment points to two enduring states that define the condemned’s condition. First is damnation—the formal condemnation to eternal separation from God. Second is corruption—the persistent moral decay that characterizes the soul under that sentence. Put together, they describe a complete picture: an everlasting sentence of being condemned and morally decayed.

Other pairs miss that theological precision: torment and misery describe feelings or experiences during punishment rather than the defined state of being condemned; punishment and judgment refer to actions or processes rather than the lasting condition; suffering and despair are about emotion rather than the specific doctrinal terms used to name the eternal state.