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Unquenchable is.the torment, causing it to be eternal.

The perishing of the body and soul doesn't exclude the unquenchable fire. Matthew 10:28, Matthew 3:12.

There is no Biblical grounds for "everlasting punishment" Matthew 25:46 to exclude eternal torment, Matthew 25:41, Revelation 20:10.

Eternal punishment is the essential teaching from the beginning.

It seems the issue is you don't want to accept the Biblical understanding of eternal torment.

Matthew 7:21-23, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy...

The wording "neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." Including the sheep. And the "never" perish, means not in any way.

God does the saving and keeps those He saves. John 10:27-28, My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. . . .

Revelation 14:11, . . . and they have no rest day nor night, . . . . .

Eternal punishment versus eternal torment is an imposed dichotomy. Matthew 25:41, . . . everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: . . . . Revelation 20:10, And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are...

Matthew 3:11-12, . . . and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Mark 9:47-48, . . . to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not...

Matthew 10:28, And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Revelation 14:9-11, And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and...

They are the One same God, Isaiah 43:10-11, Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is...

Like Noah and family was saved in the flood that destroyed the world. 1 Peter 3:20, . . . wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. . . .

The written word of Holy Scripture doesn't teach regeneration by means or necessity of water immersion/baptism. .

The saved will be face to face when they become present with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8, We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

The gifts of the Spirit are both good and perfect. James 1:17, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Only two of the gifts were said not yet to be perfect. Verse 9, For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. James had previously explained, Verse,1:17, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither...

Per Romans 6:3-4. Verse 5, For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, . . . " . . . Likeness . . . ." Symbolic. "

Believers' immersion is stated in, Mark 16:16, He that believeth and is immersed shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. Symbolic? But you argued, Baptists who interpreted Romans 6:3-4, so, also interpret the immersion of the Holy Spirit, not being water.