Where does the idea for degrees of punishment in hell come from?

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                          Are there degrees of punishment in hell as there are apparently degrees of reward in heaven? 2 Corinthians 3:12-15 seems to point pretty clearly to reward in heaven, but I find no parallel degree of punishment in hell, as described, for example, in Dante's *The Inferno*.
                        

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Nov 14, 2025, 10:11 AM
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Where does the idea for degrees of punishment in hell come from?

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