John Piper on the final state of the lost
B. 1946 · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
Eternal conscious punishment
THE POSITION
Eternal conscious punishment.
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SCRIPTURE
MATTHEW 25:46 · BSB
46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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Longtime pastor of Bethlehem Baptist, Minneapolis, and founder of Desiring God. Reformed soteriology combined with continuationism and historic premillennialism.
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"John Piper on the final state of the lost", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/piper/final-state (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/piper/final-state).