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who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
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"Destruction" Is Not Annihilation
Commentators are clear that "eternal destruction" does not mean annihilation or ceasing to exist. Instead, it describes a state of everlasting ruin and separation from God. Just as believers receive eternal life, those who reject the gospel face an eternal state of punishment, banished from the source of all goodness and joy.
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2 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction. (See Barnes on Matthew 25:41, 46).
The word that is here rendered destructi…
Who (οιτινες). Qualitative use, such as. Vanishing in papyri though surviving in Paul (1 Corinthians 3:17; [Reference …
19th Century
Anglican
The phrase Punished with everlasting destruction specifies the “vengeance” to be taken. However, the word “destruction” is not simply a sy…
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Baptist
When the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that …
The most sobering experience of all will culminate God’s righteous judgment against his enemies: “everlasting destruction [GK 3897],” the price pai…
16th Century
Protestant
Everlasting destruction from the face. He shows, by apposition, the nature of the punishment he had mentioned—destruction without end, and…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction With destruction both of soul and body, though not with the annih…
Religion, if worth anything, is worth everything; and those who have no religion, or none worth having, or do not know how to value it, cannot find…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle spoke of how believers are well prepared for the coming judgment; here, he speaks about the form of that judgment…
