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G786 · Greek · New Testament
ἄσπονδος
Aspondos
Adjective
Irreconcilable, implacable

Definition

The Greek adjective aspondos means irreconcilable or implacable — one who refuses to enter a covenant of peace. Built on spondos (a libation poured in making a treaty) with the alpha-privative: one who will not pour the libation, will not make peace, who remains in permanent hostility.

Usage & Theological Significance

Paul includes aspondos in his list of end-times characteristics (2 Timothy 3:3) and in Romans 1:31 as a marker of human rebellion against God. Irreconcilability is a profoundly anti-Gospel posture — the Gospel is the proclamation of peace, reconciliation, and the breaking down of hostility (Ephesians 2:14-16). Christ is our peace; to be aspondos is to reject the very nature of the Kingdom. Where the Spirit works, enemies are reconciled and barriers fall.

Key Bible Verses

2 Timothy 3:3 Without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good.
Romans 1:31 They have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.
Ephesians 2:14 He himself is our peace, who has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility.
Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Romans 5:10 While we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son.

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