Reference

Mark 9:48

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
46

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

47

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

48

Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

49

For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

50

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

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Worm / Decay Imagery
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Eternal Conscious Torment
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Counter-Arguments

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Worm / Decay Imagery

There is no argument that this verse does not support the theme, as it explicitly mentions a "worm" in a context of ongoing suffering, directly aligning with "worm / decay imagery" as defined.

Eternal Conscious Torment

While the verse uses vivid imagery of unceasing "worm" and "fire," the immediate context (Mark 9:43-47) is a warning about avoiding sin to enter life, not a detailed description of the conscious experience of the wicked in the afterlife. The imagery is drawn from Isaiah 66:24, which describes the corpses of rebels, not necessarily their conscious torment.