"Q: What shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 1Pet.4:17.
I. THEY SHALL DIE. - The soul that sinneth it shall die. Eze.18:4,20,24,31;
[Die: To cease to live, to expire, to decease, to perish. - Webster.]
II. THEY WILL BE DESTROYED. - All the wicked will He destroy. Ps.145:20;
[Destroy: To kill, to slay, to extirpate, applied to men, etc. In general, to [put an end to, to annihilate a thing or the form in which it exists. Destroyed: Demolished, pulled down, ruined, annihilated, devoured swept away, etc., - Web.]
III. THEY SHALL PERISH. - The triumphing of the wicked is short; . . . he shall perish forever. Job.20:7
[Perish: To die, to lose life in any manner, to wither and decay, to be destroyed, to be destroyed eternally. - Web.]
IV. GO TO PERDITION. - The present world is reserved unto fire against the day of judgment, and perdition of ungodly men. 2Pet.3:7
[Perdition: Utter ruin or destruction. - Butterworth.]
V. THEY SHALL BE CONSUMED. - The destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. Isa.1:28; 50:28; 66:17;
[Consume: To destroy by separating the parts of a thing by decomposition, as by fire, etc., to destroy, to bring to utter ruin, to exterminate. Consumed: Wasted ,burned up, destroyed.- Web.]
VII. BE SLAIN. - With the breath of His lips shall he slay the wicked. Isa.11:4;
[Slain: Killed. - Web.]
VIII. THEY SHALL COME TO AN END. - The end of the wicked shall be cut off. Ps.37:38;
[End: Conclusion, cessation, termination, a point beyond which no progression can be made. To be: To exist - Web.]
IX. THEY SHALL BE ROOTED OUT AND CUT OFF. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. Prov.2:22;
["Rooted out" and "cut off," would mean any thing else rather than eternal torment in the fire of hell.]
X. THEY SHALL BE BURNED UP. Behold the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord. Mal.4:1;
[Burn: To consume with fire, to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire. To burn up: to consume entirely by fire. - Web.]."
Uriah Smith