Lord and Jesus have been echoing throughout the two letters). Paul is not describing how God deals with pagans as such but only with those who by their desire to persecute have shown their fundamental rejection of God; thus this passage cannot be used to argue about the ultimate fate of all non-Christians. But can persecutors really be described as those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel? Does the gospel become so apparent to them in the lives of those they persecute that they can be