Those who take the life of another are condemned in Scripture, with Revelation 21:8 warning that murderers will be excluded from eternal life. The apostle Paul teaches in Romans 12:19 and 13:4 that vengeance belongs to God, and that the state has authority to punish evil, including taking life. Jesus Himself cautions against violent retaliation in Matthew 26:52-54, emphasizing the importance of non-retaliation. Additionally, Colossians 3:5 urges believers to put to death earthly desires, including those that lead to harm and violence, reflecting a heart transformed by God's love.
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But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.