<p>9:49<em> For everyone shall be salted with fire</em>-Having spoken of the destruction of the unworthy in Gehenna fire, the Lord went straight on to comment: &quot;For every one shall be salted with (Gk. 'for the') fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted&quot; (Mk. 9:48,49 AV). Unless we become a living sacrifice, wholly consumed by God's fire, laying ourselves down upon the altar, then we will be consumed by the figurative fire of Gehenna at the day of judgment. Again, there's no real choice: it's fire, or fire. See on Mt. 3:11; Lk. 15:24.</p>