The language used here has caused some concern and given rise to some troubling questions. Will everyone eventually be saved? Will the devil ultimately be saved? Yet it would be a mistake to interpret verse 20 in such a way that the clear teaching of Scripture in other places—indicating many will be lost and Satan will spend eternity in Hell—is contradicted (cf. Revelation 20:7–15). The Bible clearly teaches that without voluntary, personal trust in Jesus Christ, salvation is impossible (John 3:16;