The Truth Project
Examines the Greek word apollumi, often translated perish, destroy, or lose, and how context shapes whether it means ruin, loss, death, or restoration through judgment.
Deut 30:18; Isa 57:1; Mark 2:22; Rom 14:15; John 3:16; 1 Cor 8:11; Mark 8:35; Luke 19:10
“The idea is not extinction but ruin – loss, not of being, but of well being…” Verses where Apollumi is used... You [Israel] shall surely perish [apollumi–Septuagint] (Deut 30:18). The righteous perishes [apollumi–Septuagint], and no man...
Heb 1:11
In Heb 1:11,12, quoted from Psa 102, we read concerning the heavens and the earth as compared with the eternity of God, "they shall perish" (apolountai). Then in verse 12 "They will also be changed..." But the perishing is only preparatory...
2 Peter 3:7; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2Pet. 3:5; Luke 17:27-29; 1 Corinthians 10:6-11; Matt. 27:20; Luke 11:51; Romans 9:22
In the last 2 blogs we saw how death leads to life. We saw that death is the one appointed way for man to rise to a higher form of life through the loss of his old fallen life. We also saw that this death must be experienced both...
Matthew 10:28; Luke 17:29; Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33; John 12:25
Having seen what we have about Gehenna and its local, historical and cultural context, we can confidently say that the majority of its references do not concern an endless hellfire. There is however one occurrence of Gehenna in Scripture...