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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he that believeth on the son, hath a right to everlasting life: and he that disobeys the son, shall not enjoy life; but be expos'd to divine wrath.
I declare unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
I am the true pastor: the true pastor exposes his life for the sheep.
it is I that give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any one force them out of my hand.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall live even though he were dead:
Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man can come to the father, but by me.
yet a little while, and the world shall see me no more: but ye shall see me: because I shall live again, and ye shall live also.
for the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
now sensual inclinations lead to death; but spiritual affections to a life of tranquillity.
I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on earth, both visible and invisible, the thrones, and the sovereigntys, the principalitys, and the powers: all were created by him, and for him: he is before all things,
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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Immediately one came near him, saying, good master, what good shall I do, to obtain eternal life? and he said to him, why do you stile me good? there is but one that is good, that is God. but if you would enter into life, keep the commandments.
but Abraham said, son, remember you had your enjoyments, when you were alive, and Lazarus his misfortunes: but now he has his consolation, and you your torments.
that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life. read more. for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. he that believeth on him, shall not be condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the only begotten son of God.
he that believeth on the son, hath a right to everlasting life: and he that disobeys the son, shall not enjoy life; but be expos'd to divine wrath.
for as the father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the son, to have life in himself;
You search the scriptures, for you think by their means to have eternal life, and they are the very writings which do testify of me.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me shall live even though he were dead:
and I know that it is a commission of eternal life: whatever therefore I say, I deliver just as the father directed me.
therefore we are buried with him by being plunged into a sort of death: that as Christ was raised up from the dead into a state of glory with the father, even so we also should proceed to a new state of 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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Ye have heard that it has been said to the antients, "Thou shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill, shall be punish'd by the tribunal."
Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
therefore make no such sollicitous enquiries, as what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or how shall we be clothed?
but the gate which leads to life is narrow, and the way is difficult, and few there be that find it.
but the gate which leads to life is narrow, and the way is difficult, and few there be that find it.
are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet not one of them shall lose its life independently of your father,
the son of man does not abstain from eating and drinking, and they cry there's a glutton, and a sot, a friend of publicans and sinners: "but wisdom is justified by her children."
for whosoever will save himself, shall be a looser: and whosoever shall suffer loss for my sake, shall be a gainer.
for whosoever will save himself, shall be a looser: and whosoever shall suffer loss for my sake, shall be a gainer.
and he said to him, why do you stile me good? there is but one that is good, that is God. but if you would enter into life, keep the commandments.
and he said to him, why do you stile me good? there is but one that is good, that is God. but if you would enter into life, keep the commandments.
and every one that abandons his family, his brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake, shall receive in that age an hundred times the value, and shall inherit hereafter everlasting life.
and the king will reply, I declare unto you, your having done this for one of the least of these my brethren, is the same thing as doing it for me.
for he that would save his life, shall lose it; and he that would lose his life out of love to me and the gospel, he shall save it.
if even thy hand should make thee transgress, saw it off, and cast it away, it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to have both hands and go into Gehenna, the unextinguishable fire:
When he was set out upon his journey, there met him one, who kneeling down before him, said, good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
but shall receive at present in this age, what will be a hundred times better to him, than houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, tho' with persecution: and in the age to come eternal life.
but shall receive at present in this age, what will be a hundred times better to him, than houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, tho' with persecution: and in the age to come eternal life.
the ground over-run with thorns denotes such as have embraced the doctrine, but are so immerst in the business, enjoyments, and pleasures of life, as not to improve it to any real advantage.
and among the rest a woman, who had been troubled with an hemorrhage twelve years, having consum'd her whole fortune upon physicians, who could none of them cure her; she getting behind him,
for whoever would save his life, shall lose it: and he that would lose his life, out of love to me, shall save it.
are not five sparrows sold for two pence? however the divine providence extends to each of them.
then he said to them, take care to be clear of all avarice: for the enjoyment of life does not depend upon the having large possessions.
but God said to him, thou fool, this night shall thy soul be required of thee: who then shall enjoy what thou hast provided?
the younger of which said to his father, father, give me that portion of the estate which falls to my share. accordingly he divided his estate among them.
all things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made. the Life was produc'd in him, and the Life was the Light of men.
the father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand. he that believeth on the son, hath a right to everlasting life: and he that disobeys the son, shall not enjoy life; but be expos'd to divine wrath.
Jesus answered her, if you knew the dispensation of God, and who it is that says to you, give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.
but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst: for the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a fountain springing up to everlasting life.
I declare unto you, he that heareth my doctrine, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come under condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
I declare unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
the thief comes only to steal, to kill, and destroy: but I am come that they might have life, and have it with all its advantages.
he that loveth his life, shall lose it: but he that sacrifices his life in this world, shall preserve it to eternity.
and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.
and this is life eternal, to acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus to be the Messiah whom thou hast sent.
he receives no service from their officiousness: he is self-sufficient: it is he that gives to all their life and breath and every thing they have.
for tho' death reigned thro' the single offence of one, they who receive the most valuable favour, even the gift of righteousness, shall much more easily reign by the life of one, even Jesus Christ.
for the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
now sensual inclinations lead to death; but spiritual affections to a life of tranquillity.
if our expectations as christians all terminate in this life, we of all men are most to be pitied.
I am crucified with Christ, it is not I that now live, but Christ that liveth in me; the life I have in this body I live by faith in the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
and if I die, I gain.
you, who display the doctrine of eternal life) that in the day of Christ I may have the satisfaction of not having pursued my laborious course in vain.
for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on earth, both visible and invisible, the thrones, and the sovereigntys, the principalitys, and the powers: all were created by him, and for him: he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
for you are dead to them, and Christ has secured your life with God. Christ is your life, and when he shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.
but what is agreeable to sound doctrine: advise the aged to be prudent, grave, temperate, sound in faith,
but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands,
he that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith to the churches, to him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God."
in the midst of the area, surrounded by the river, was the tree of life, which had twelve fruit-seasons, yielding its fruit every 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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I am the living bread, that is come down from heaven: whosoever shall eat of this bread, 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 that bread which came down from heaven: very different from that manna, which your fathers did eat but died nevertheless: he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever.