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, "Forasmuch as thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying 'See thou eat not thereof' cursed be the earth for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat thereof all days of thy life:
He that believeth on the son, hath everlasting life. And he that believeth not the son, shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him."
Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me; Yea though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.
It is yet a little while and the world seeth me no more: but ye shall see me. For I live, and ye shall live.
For the reward of sin is death: but eternal life is the gift of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
To be carnally minded is death; But to be spiritually minded is life, and peace:
I am crucified with Christ. I live verily, yet now not I, but Christ liveth in me. For the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God, which loved me, and gave himself for me.
for by him were all things created, things that are in heaven, and things that are in earth: things visible, and things invisible: whether they be majesty or lordship, either rule or power.
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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Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made 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?" He said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, and that is, God: But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.
In it was life; And the life was the light of men;
that none that believeth in him perish: but have eternal life. For God so loveth the world, that he hath given his only son, for the intent that none that believe in him should perish: But should have everlasting 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 believeth not in the name of the only son of God.
He that believeth on the son, hath everlasting life. And he that believeth not the son, shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him."
For as the father hath life in himself, so likewise hath 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 they which testify of me.
Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me; Yea though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And I know well that his commandment is life everlasting. Whatsoever I speak therefore: even as the father bade me, so I speak."
We are buried with him by baptism for to die: That likewise as Christ was raised up from death by the glory of the father: even so we also should walk in a new life.
which is not made after the law of the carnal commandment: but after the power of the endless 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 great whales and all manner of creatures that live and move, which the waters brought forth in their kinds, and all manner of feathered fowls in their kinds. And God saw that it was good:
And the LORD God made to spring out of the earth, all manner trees beautiful to the sight and pleasant to eat; and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and also the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
and it shall be a law forever among your generations after you in your dwelling places: that ye eat neither fat nor blood."'
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast of which men bring an offering unto the LORD, that soul that eateth it shall perish from his people.
I take heaven and earth this day to record over you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. But choose life, that thou and thy seed may live;
I take heaven and earth this day to record over you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. But choose life, that thou and thy seed may live;
And she said unto them, get you into the mountains, lest the followers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned, and then may ye go your ways.
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood still upon dry land, until all the people were clean over Jordan.
Then men told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood." And he said, "Ye have trespassed. But roll a great stone unto me now,
I can see no remedy. I shall live no more. O spare me then, for my days are but vain.
"If a tree be cut down, there is some hope yet, that it will sprout and shoot forth the branches again;
May a dead man live again? All the days of this my pilgrimage am I looking, till my changing shall come.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.
What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain see good days?
Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains; thy judgments are like the great deep. Thou, LORD, shalt save both man and beast.
They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house, and thou shalt give them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and blessed are they that keep her fast.
For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.
For they that be living, know that they shall die: but they that be dead, know nothing, neither deserve they anymore. For their memorial is forgotten,
Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.
Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.
Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.
There shall come a rod out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall spring out of his root.
I spake within myself, 'I shall never visit the LORD God in this life: I shall never see man among the dwellers of the world.
For hell praiseth not thee, death doth not magnify thee. They that go down into the grave, praise not thy truth:
Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.
O what a fighting make the cattle? The bullocks are very evil liking, because they have no pasture: and the sheep are famished away.
Yea, the wild beasts cry also unto thee: for the water rivers are dried up, and the fire hath consumed the pastures of the wilderness.
And it was cried and commanded in Nineveh by the authority of the king and of his lords, saying, "See that neither man or beast, ox or sheep taste ought at all, and that they neither feed or drink water."
And should not I have compassion on Nineveh that great city, wherein there is a multitude of people, even above a hundred thousand that know not their righthand from the left, besides much cattle?"
"Ye have heard how it was said unto them of the old time, 'Thou shalt not kill; for whosoever killeth shall be in danger of judgment:'
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Therefore take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?' Or. 'What shall we drink?' Or, 'Wherewith shall we be clothed?'
But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And none of them doth light on the ground, without your father.
The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and drinker of wine, and a friend unto publicans, and sinners. And neverthelater, wisdom is justified of her children."
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
He said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, and that is, God: But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
He said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, and that is, God: But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."
And whosoever forsaketh houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake; the same shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting 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 brethren, ye have done it to 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.
Wherefore, if thy hand offend thee, cut him off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to go, having two hands, into hell: into fire that never shall be quenched,
And when he was come out into the way, there came one running and kneeled to him, and asked him, "Good Master, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?"
which shall not receive a hundred fold now in this life, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers and children, and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
which shall not receive a hundred fold now in this life, 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 they which hear, and go forth, and are choked with cares and with riches, and voluptuous living, and bring forth no fruit.
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years: which had spent all her substance among Physicians, neither could be helped of any:
Whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life, for my sake, the same shall save it.
Are not five sparrows bought for two farthings? and yet not one of them is forgotten of God.
Wherefore he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness. For no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?'
and the younger of them said to his father, father, give me my part of the goods that to me belongeth. And he divided unto them his substance.
All things were made by it, and without it was made no thing, that was made. In it was life; 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 everlasting life. And he that believeth not the son, shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him."
Jesus answered and said unto her, "If thou knowest the gift of God, and who it is, that sayeth to thee, 'Give me drink': thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee water of life."
But whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him, shall never be more a thirst: But the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth my words, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life: and shall not come into damnation, but is escaped from death unto life.
Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
The thief cometh not but for to steal and kill, and destroy. I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.
He that loveth his life shall destroy it: And he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal.
This is life eternal: that they might know thee, that only very God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.
This is life eternal: that they might know thee, that only very God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.
neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed of any thing. Seeing he himself giveth life and breath to all men everywhere,
For if by the sin of one, death reigned by the means of one, much more shall they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life by the means of one; that is to say, Jesus Christ.
For the reward of sin is death: but eternal life is the gift of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
To be carnally minded is death; But to be spiritually minded is life, and peace:
If in this life only we believe on Christ, then are we, of all men, the miserablest.
I am crucified with Christ. I live verily, yet now not I, but Christ liveth in me. For the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the son of God, which loved me, and gave himself for me.
For Christ is to me life, and death is to me advantage.
holding fast the word of life, unto my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither have laboured in vain.
for by him were all things created, things that are in heaven, and things that are in earth: things visible, and things invisible: whether they be majesty or lordship, either rule or power. All things are created by him, and in him, and he is before all things, and in him all things have their being.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, which is our life, shall show himself; then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
That the elder men be sober, honest, discreet, sound in the faith, in love and in patience.
to make the young women soberminded, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Let him that hath ears hear, what the spirit saith unto the congregations. To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.'
In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there wood of life; which bare twelve manner of fruits, and gave fruit every month: and the leaves of the wood served to heal the people withal.
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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Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.
For verily the blood of you, wherein your lives are, will I require: Even of the hand of all beasts will I require it, and of the hand of man and of the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man:
What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain see good days?
I am that living bread, which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever. 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 from heaven: not as your fathers have eaten manna and are dead. He that eateth of this bread, shall live ever."