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Originally Posted by Ohio
At this point in time, one whole week after the resurrection, two of the twelve original disciples were not yet believers. The first was Judas, who had perished by his own hand. The second was Thomas, who would not believe, not until he could "see" and "put his finger into the nail holes" of our risen Savior.
So this would not be a good verse to use in order to prove that the disciples, who have genuinely believed, could eventually go to hell.
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Good point, if there is no resurrection of the dead our faith is in vain (1 Cor 15:14). We have to believe in Christ's resurrection which means believing that he is alive even though he died on the cross-- so we have faith that he is alive in heaven as our heavenly high priest interceding for us. And we have faith that because we're born of God, we can overcome the world (1 John 5:4) as Jesus did-- and in doing so overcome death and inherit everlasting life as Christ the firstfruits did (1 Cor 15:20).