That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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Gill's Exposition
That they all might be damned,.... Or judged, discerned and distinguished from true Christians and real believers, or rather that they might be condemned and punished with everlasting destruction from…
Barnes' Notes
That they all might be damned - The word “damned” we commonly apply now exclusively to future punishment, and it has a harsher signification than the original word; compare the notes, 1Co 11:29. The…
Adam Clarke
That they all might be damned - Ἱνα κριθωσι· So that they may all be condemned who believed not the truth when it was proclaimed to them; but took pleasure in unrighteousness, preferring that to the…
In these words the apostle confutes the error against which he had cautioned them, and gives the reasons why they should not expect the coming of Christ as just at hand. There were several events…
Cambridge Bible
that they all might be damned who believed not the truth that they may be judged is what the Apostle says.
Here is the further, judicial purpose of the great imposture. God intends that men who are…
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