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 at the corpses of the people {who have rebelled} against me, for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
His winnowing shovel [is] in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul, but instead be afraid of the one who is able to 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 extinguished.'
The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life--but the wrath of God remains on him.
and they will come out--those who have done good [things] to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil [things] to a resurrection of judgment.
When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.
"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his residence become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and, 'Let another person take his position.'
Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and whenever he comes it is necessary [for] him to remain a short time. And the beast that was, and is not, is also himself an eighth, and is of the seven, and he is going 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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When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.
and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,
Do not let anyone 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,
Do not let anyone 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 among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of [our] souls.
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is going to come up from the abyss, and he is going to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished [when they] see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present.
And the beast that was, and is not, is also himself an eighth, and is of the seven, and he is going to destruction.