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 unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
He that believes in the Son has eternal life, and he that does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes in me has eternal life.
I AM the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall anyone pluck them out of my hand.
Jesus said unto her, I AM the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, though he is dead, yet shall he live;
Jesus said unto him, I AM the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes unto the Father, but by me.
Yet a little while, and the world shall see me no more, but ye shall see me; because I live, ye shall live also.
For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For the prudence of the flesh is death, but the prudence of the Spirit, life and peace,
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
for by him were all things created, that are in the heavens and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by him and in him;
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 the 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 came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime didst receive thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted here, and thou art tormented.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. read more. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believes on him is not condemned, but he that does not believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
He that believes in the Son has eternal life, and he that does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
For as the Father has life in himself, so has he given to the Son to have life in himself
Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are those who testify of me.
Jesus said unto her, I AM the resurrection and the life; he that believes in me, though he is dead, yet shall he live;
And I know that his commandment is eternal life; whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
For we are buried with him by baptism into death, that just as the Christ was raised up from the dead to the glory of the Father, likewise we also walk in newness of life.
who is not made according to the law of a carnal commandment, but by the virtue of an indissoluble 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 dragons and every living soul that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their nature, and every winged fowl after its nature; and God saw that it was good.
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is desirable to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
It shall be a perpetual statute for your ages; throughout all your dwellings that ye shall eat no fat and no blood.
For whosoever eats fat of an animal, of which an offering is made on fire unto the LORD, the person that eats it shall be cut off from his people.
I call the heavens and the earth to witness today against you that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, choose life that both thou and thy seed may live,
I call the heavens and the earth to witness today against you that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, choose life that both thou and thy seed may live,
And she said unto them, Go to the mountain lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; and afterwards ye may go your way.
But the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan until all the people finished passing the Jordan; and all Israel passed on dry ground.
Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed; roll a great stone unto me this day.
I loathed life; I do not desire to live for ever; let me alone; for my days are vanity.
For there is yet hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender branch will not cease.
If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my transformation comes.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
Lamed Who is the man that 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 dost preserve man and beast.
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
She is a tree of life to those that lay hold upon her, and blessed is every one that retains her.
For whosoever finds me shall find life and shall obtain the will of the LORD.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
So I returned and considered all the violence that is done under the sun and behold the tears of such as are oppressed, and they have no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but the oppressed had no comforter.
For the living know that they shall die, but the dead do not know any thing; neither do they have any more reward, for their memory is placed into oblivion.
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was before and the spirit returns unto God who gave it.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was before and the spirit returns unto God who gave it.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
I said, I shall not see JAH, even JAH, in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
For the grave shall not confess thee, nor shall death praise thee; nor shall those that go down into the pit wait for thy truth.
And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall be awakened, some for eternal life, and some for shame and everlasting confusion.
How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep are condemned.
The beasts of the field also cry unto thee for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the meadows of the wilderness.
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water:
And shall I not spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and many animals?
Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not commit murder, and whosoever shall commit murder shall be guilty of the judgment;
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal;
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed?
because narrow is the gate, and confined is the way which leads unto life, and there are few that find it.
because narrow is the gate, and confined is the way which leads unto life, and there are few that find it.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
For whosoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
For whosoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
And he said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
And he said unto him, Why dost thou call me good? There is none good but one, that is, God, but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
And every one that has forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my name's sake shall receive a hundredfold and shall inherit eternal life.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brothers, ye have done it unto me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
And if thy hand causes thee to fall, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into life maimed than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that can never be quenched,
And as he was leaving to continue his way, there came one running, who kneeled before him and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
who shall not receive one hundredfold now in this time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
who shall not receive one hundredfold now in this time: houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
And that which fell among thorns are those who when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life and bring no fruit to perfection.
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians but could not be healed by any,
For whosoever desires to save his soul shall lose it, but whosoever will lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
And he said unto them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses.
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?
and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of the estate that falls to me. And he divided unto them his living.
All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 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 that believes in the Son has eternal life, and he that does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
but whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life and shall not come into judgment but has passed from death unto life.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes in me has eternal life.
The thief comes not but for to steal and to kill and to destroy the sheep; I am come that they might have life and that they might have it in abundance.
He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life and breath and all things
For if by one offense, death reigned because of one man; much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of gifts and of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus the Christ.
For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For the prudence of the flesh is death, but the prudence of the Spirit, life and peace,
If in this life only we have existence in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
holding fast the word of life, that I may glory in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
for by him were all things created, that are in the heavens and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they are thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by him and in him; And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
For ye are dead and your life is hid with the Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also be manifested with him in glory.
that the aged men be temperate, venerable, prudent, sound in faith, in charity, in tolerance.
that they may teach the young women to be prudent, to love their husbands, to love their children,
He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the congregations ; To him that overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
In the midst of her plaza and on either side of the river was the tree of life, which brings forth twelve manner of fruits, yielding her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the Gentiles.
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 the 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.
For surely your blood which is your souls I will require; at the hand of every animal I will require it and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will require the soul (or life) of man.
Lamed Who is the man that desires life and loves many days that he may see good?
I AM the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, they shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live eternally.