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Ephesians 3:11
                       According to the eternal (aionian) purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord...


                       Hebrews 6:2
                       Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and
                       of eternal (aionian) judgment.


                       Revelation 19:2-3
                       For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did
                       corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
                       And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever (aions) and ever (aions).


                       Revelation 20:10
                       And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast
                       and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever (aions) and ever
                       (aions).


                       Matthew 25:41
                       Then  shall  he  say  also  unto  them  on  the  left  hand,  Depart  from  me,  ye  cursed,  into
                       everlasting (aionian) fire, prepared for the devil and his angels...


                       Jude 6
                       And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved
                       in everlasting (aionian) chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.


               It is evident that in each instance the translators interpreted this word to mean what they thought it
               should say according to the beliefs they had adopted. In the original KJV Bibles that were released
               in the 1600s, the translators included a list of restrictions that King James of England had placed
               upon them. One of these instructions was that the Bible could contain no translation that would upset
               the  orthodoxy  of  the  Church  of  England.  The  Anglican  Church  taught  a  doctrine  of  eternal
               damnation, therefore the scholars working on the King James Bible had to conform their translation
               to this belief.

               It is apparent that the translators were very inconsistent in the interpretation of this word. If the word
               aion and its variants mean eternal, everlasting, or for ever, then the word should make sense when
               interpreted this way in the other Scriptures in which it is found. In this, it fails the test. Consider how
               nonsensical the following Scriptures would be.

                       Ephesians 2:7
                       That in the eternities (aions) to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his
                       kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

                       Colossians 1:26
                       Even the mystery which hath been hid from eternities (aions) and from generations, but now
                       is made manifest to his saints...
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