Question: Are there degrees of punishment in hell and degrees of reward in heaven? 1. Reflections on Lk. 12:47. No passages that say Blessed is the man which thinks one way is as good as another; or Blessed is the man who is true to his conscience. The blessings are pronounced upon the one who knows and does the will of God (v. 43). Ignorance saves no one; if it did, the more ignorant a person is the more sure would be his salvation. On the contrary, ignorance causes many to be lost (Hos.4:6). 2. Instead of thinking that hell will be hotter for some (externally), it would seem that the greater one's awareness of his opportunities, the greater knowledge of truth, and what one has allowed to slip through his fingers, will produce greater suffering (internally).