As I contemplated this post, I was struck with another possible interpretation for aphtharsia. When I read the meanings, I came up with "without limits". This seems to encompass "genuine unending existence".
So, the verse would read, "Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ without limits."
In Christ,
John
How wonderful to know, B.M., that God's love and grace, towards us, in Christ, is without limit.
I love the prayer of Ephesians three, which expresses this limitless quality of God's love for us, in Christ:-
'... For this cause
I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Of whom the whole family (families)
in heaven and earth is named,
That He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with might
by His Spirit in the inner man;
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
May be able to comprehend
with all saints
what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
And to know the love of Christ,
which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled
with all the fulness of God.
Now unto Him
that is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all that we ask or think,
according to the power that worketh in us,
Unto Him be glory
in the church
by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages,
world without end.
Amen.'
(Eph 3:14-21)
Praise His Holy Name!
In Christ Jesus
Chris