Bible Dictionary
Damnation
Damnation means condemnation or judgment. In the New Testament it may refer to God’s judgment, temporal discipline, or a person’s condemnation by conscience when acting against faith.
Definition
Damnation means condemnation or judgment. Depending on the passage, it may describe God’s judgment, severe temporal consequences, or condemnation by one’s own conscience.
Biblical Usage
In Romans 13:2 it is condemnation from God upon resistance to lawful authority. In 1 Corinthians 11:29 it means judgment, and in Romans 14:23 it concerns acting against conscience and harming another believer.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.