Bible Question:
Greetings Love Fountain! You said: "The son of perdition means the son sentenced to perish eternally." Where exactly in the Bible does it say that this is what "son of perdition" means? The phrase is literally, "son of destruction". However, I don't recall any verse which specifies what this means! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
Bible Answer: Dear Tim, John 17:12 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. KJV In the above verse the son of perdition is lost. The Greek word for lost in this verse is NT:622 apollumi (ap-ol'-loo-mee); from NT:575 and the base of NT:3639; to destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively: from, NT:575 apo (apo'); a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative): and from the base of, NT:3639 olethros (ol'-eth-ros); from a primary ollumi (to destroy; a prolonged form); ruin, i.e. death, punishment: The Greek word for perdition in John 17:12 is NT:684 apoleia (ap-o'-li-a); from a presumed derivative of NT:622; ruin or loss (physical, spiritual or eternal): Bless you, Love Fountain |