Reference: Perdition
Fausets
Not annihilation. For in the case of the lost not only the worm but "their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched"; i.e. both the instrument of punishment, and the object of it, the lost man, die not. Thrice repeated by Christ with awful emphasis (Mr 9:44,46,48). (See HELL.) Mt 10:28; 13:50; 3:12; 2Th 1:9; Joh 3:36; 5:29; Isa 66:24 ten "son of perditions"; applied only to him and Judas, marking the like character and destiny of both (Joh 17:12; Ac 1:20; Psalm 69; 2 Thessalonians 2; Re 17:10-11); his course is short, from the moment of his manifestation doomed to perdition. (See ANTICHRIST. )
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"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
'where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.'
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
"For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "'May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it';and "'Let another take his office.'
they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while. As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.
Hastings
The word is used several times in the NT in the ordinary sense of 'destruction,' with special reference to the destruction of the soul (Php 1:28; 1Ti 6:9; Heb 10:39; 2Pe 3:7; Re 17:8,11). It is found twice in the phrase son of perdition
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While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.