PUNISHMENT — but not the ordinary word for it. Greek's standard term for retributive penalty is timōria; kolasis is rooted in kolazō, whose older sense is to PRUNE or lop, and which in some usage carries correction rather than mere penalty — though by the first century it plainly means punishment, and 1 John 4:18 pairs it with fear. ⚠ It occurs in Matthew once, at 25:46, where AIŌNIOS is attached to it and to 'life' in the same breath: 'these will go away into kolasin aiōnion, but the righteous into zōēn aiōnion.' Aiōnios is the adjective of aiōn, an age, and is contested in the same way — 'everlasting' in duration, or 'of the age to come' in quality; the Greek Old Testament applies it to institutions that demonstrably ended. ⚠ These two words are the textual ground of a three-way argument (eternal conscious punishment; annihilation; a remedial reading) that has had serious defenders since the early centuries. NWT reads 'everlasting cutting-off,' which is defensible from the root and is a doctrinal rendering. This translation prints 'eternal punishment,' flags both words, and does not settle either. → first discussed at Matt 25:46