Commentary
Can a Christian Perish?
Published since 05. Dec. 2025
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The following commentary deals with the important question whether a Christian - that is someone, that has been born again and is a Child of God now - can lose his salvationSalvation is part of God's plan of saving people. Those who are in danger and cannot help themselves need salvation. We owe our salvation to our Savior, who went to... More again.
With friendly permission by GBV, Germany.
Table of Contents
- Why this booklet?
- What is a Christian?
- Man - a lost sinner
- Reconciliation
- Forgiveness
- Redemption
- Justification
- New birth and Eternal life
- The Holy Spirit
- Election
- Safety and Certainty
- Grace and Responsibility
- What about the other Bible verses?
- But if the salt has lost its taste (Matt. 5:13)
- I never knew you (Matt. 7:23)
- The blasphemy against the Spirit (Mt 12:31)
- Endure to the end (Matt 10:22; 24:13)
- True and false disciples (John 6:66; 8:31; 15:2.6)
- To be cut away (Rom. 11:22)
- Causing the weak to perish (1 Cor. 8:11)
- To be rejected (1 Cor. 9:27)
- Believing in vain (1 Cor. 15:2.14.17)
- Falling from grace (Gal. 5:4)
- The apostasy (2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1)
- Shipwreck, depart from, stray (1. Tim. 1:19; 4:1; 6:21)
- The Epistle to the Hebrews
- Saved with difficulty (1 Pet. 4:18)
- Deny the Lord (2 Pet. 2:1)
- The dog has turned back to his own vomit (2 Pet. 2:20–22)
- Sin unto death (1 John 5:16)
- Be faithful unto death… hold fast what you have (Rev. 2:10; 3:11)
- The book of life (Rev. 3:5)
- I am about to spew you out of my mouth (Rev. 3:16)

