Question:

Would the devil experience the same pain and suffering in hell as the non-believer?

Answer:

No. The Lord tells us in Luke 12:47 that there are different degrees of suffering in hell: “And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.” But the devil’s suffering will be far worse than any unbeliever’s torment could possibly be, because he has sinned longer for he has sinned since before God put our first parents, Adam and Eve, on the earth!

Though no one will be in hell until Christ comes to earth as Judge and the first two occupants in the Lake of Fire are the beast and the false prophet (Revelation 19:20), yet every unbeliever and the devil will be in hell for all eternity, as the Lord tells us: “into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched” (Mark 9:43-48).

The Scriptures tell us that all angels (including the devil—who is an angel), were created to serve God and His people (Matthew 4:10; Hebrews 1:14). Of the devil, who is called Satan, we are told that he was “the anointed cherub” (the archangel) from the time he was created (Ezekiel 28:14, 15). God created the angels before He created the earth (Job 38:4-7). But iniquity was found in Satan when he said: “‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.’ Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit” (Isaiah 14:14, 15). This is why hell was prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41).

The devil in the form of a snake deceived our first mother, Eve, and sin came into the world and death by sin (Romans 5:12). Christ came into the world as a man in order to save human beings: “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage” (Hebrews 2:14, 15).

Although the devil is not now in hell (the Lake of fire), hell will be his final place of everlasting torment: “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever” (Revelation 20:10) (Edited).