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John Piper on the final state of the lost

B. 1946 · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

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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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

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).

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