Reference: Life
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In the Bible, is either natural, Ge 3:17; spiritual, that of the renewed soul, Ro 8:6; or eternal, a holy and blissful immortality, Joh 3:36; Ro 6:23. Christ is the great Author of natural life, Col 1:16; and also of spiritual and eternal life; Joh 14:6; 6:47. He has purchased these by laying down his own life; and gives them freely to his people, Joh 10:11,28. He is the spring of all their spiritual life on earth, Ga 2:20; will raise them up at the last day; and make them partakers for ever of his own life, Joh 11:25; 14:19.
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And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live.
Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.
Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Because in him all things were created, things in the heavens and things upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or lordships or principal offices or positions of authority, all things have been created
Easton
generally of physical life (Ge 2:7; Lu 16:25, etc.); also used figuratively (1) for immortality (Heb 7:16); (2) conduct or manner of life (Ro 6:4); (3) spiritual life or salvation (Joh 3:16-17,18,36); (4) eternal life (Mt 19:16-17; Joh 3:15); of God and Christ as the absolute source and cause of all life (Joh 1:4; 5:26,39; 11:25; 12:50).
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And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
And behold one man having come to him, said, Good teacher, what good thing should I do so that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but may have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life. read more. For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him is not condemned. He who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
For as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son to have life in himself.
Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live.
And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore what things I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so I speak.
We were buried therefore with him through the immersion into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may walk in newness of life.
who has become, not according to a law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an indestructible life.
Hastings
LIFE
I. In the OT
The term 'life' in English Version is used, with a few unimportant exceptions, as the equivalent of one or other of two Heb. expressions: (1) chai, or mostly in plur. chayyim; (2) nephesh. The Septuagint makes a general distinction between these two, by usually rendering the former as z
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And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
And out of the ground LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, also the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
For whoever eats the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire to LORD, even the soul that eats it shall be cut off from his people.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that thou may live, thou and thy seed,
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that thou may live, thou and thy seed,
And she said to them, Get you to the mountain lest the pursuers come upon you. And hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned, and afterward ye may go your way.
And the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel passed over on dry ground until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, ye have dealt treacherously. Roll a great stone to me this day.
I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.
For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.
If a man dies, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare I would wait till my release should come.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.
What man is he who desires life, and loves [many] days, that he may see good?
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God. Thy judgments are a great deep. O LORD, thou preserve man and beast.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou will make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.
For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of LORD.
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, nor have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse. And a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit.
I said, I shall not see LORD, [even] LORD in the land of the living. I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because they have no pasture, yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Yea, the beasts of the field pant to thee, for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed, nor drink water,
And should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand men who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?
Ye have heard that it was said to them in old times, Thou shall not murder, and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust deteriorates, and where thieves break through and steal,
Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear?
How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.
For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.
And having answered, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brothers, the least, ye did it to me.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life because of me and the good-news, this man will save it.
And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off. It is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire,
And as he was going forth on the way, one man having ran to him, and having knelt to him, questioned him, Good teacher, what should I do that I may inherit eternal life?
but he will receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands--with persecutions--and in the coming age, eternal life.
but he will receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands--with persecutions--and in the coming age, eternal life.
And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity.
And a woman being with an issue of blood for twelve years, who, although she spent her entire living on physicians, was unable to be healed by any,
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever may lose his life because of me, this man will save it.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.
And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.
But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?
and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.
All things came to be through him, and apart from him not even one thing came to be that has come to be. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
Jesus answered and said to her, If thou had known the gift of God, and who it is who says to thee, Give me to drink, thou would have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will, no, not thirst into the age. But the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.
Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
The thief comes not, except that he might steal and kill and destroy. I came so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.
He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
And this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only TRUE God, and Jesus Christ whom thou sent.
And this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only TRUE God, and Jesus Christ whom thou sent.
nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things.
For if, by the offense of the one man, death reigned through the one man, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For the mentality of the flesh is death, but the mentality of the Spirit is life and peace.
If we are men who have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men more miserable.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And what I now live in flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Holding firm the word of life, for a boast by me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.
Because in him all things were created, things in the heavens and things upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or lordships or principal offices or positions of authority, all things have been created And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.
For ye died, and your life has been hidden with the Christ in God. When the Christ, our life, is made known, then ye also will be made known with him in glory.
Aged men are to be without wine, noble, serious minded, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.
so that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat from the tree of life that is in the midst of the Paradise of my God.
in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Morish
Life is that by which a created being enjoys the place in which the Creator has set it. God breathed into man's nostrils 'the breath of life; and man became a living soul.' Ge 2:7. Sin having come in, this life is forfeited and God claims it, saying, "surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man." Ge 9:5. This instituted capital punishment for murder, which law has never been rescinded or altered.
Scripture recognises a difference between 'life' in a moral sense and 'existence,' as seen in the passage, "What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?" Ps 34:12. Here is a man desiring life, desiring to enjoy life. This answers the objection of those who, wishing to deny eternal punishment, say that 'living for ever' is only spoken of the Christian, as in Joh 6:51,58. True, but many other scriptures prove that the wicked will have an eternal existence.
Man, in his natural state, is regarded as morally dead in sins, and as needing to be quickened by the power of God; or as living in sins and needing to accept death in order to live in Christ, as in the Epistle to the Romans.
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And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, I will require. At the hand of every beast I will require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
What man is he who desires life, and loves [many] days, that he may see good?
I am the living bread, having come down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he will live into the age. And also, the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live into the age.