King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Wrath
CategoryTheological Term / Core Doctrine
Modern Equivalentfierce anger; God's righteous anger against sin; intense fury.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionIntense, passionate anger — particularly God's holy and righteous anger against sin. The wrath of God is not capricious or arbitrary but is the consistent, just response of His holiness to all that violates His perfect character. Christ bore God's wrath in place of sinners at the cross.
Key Verses"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." (John 3:36); "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men." (Romans 1:18)