Lasting forever with no limit in time.
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And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
All Scripture References (66)
Matthew (5)
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Mark (3)
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Luke (4)
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
John (17)
that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
Acts (2)
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
Romans (4)
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians (3)
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Galatians (1)
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
2 Thessalonians (2)
They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
1 Timothy (3)
But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
2 Timothy (2)
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
Titus (2)
Philemon (1)
For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—
Hebrews (6)
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
1 Peter (1)
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
2 Peter (1)
and you will receive a lavish reception into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
1 John (6)
And this is the life that was revealed; we have seen it and testified to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Jude (2)
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
Revelation (1)
Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.