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 everlasting life: but he that obeyeth 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 layeth down his life for the sheep.
And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, tho' he die, yet shall he live;
Jesus saith, I am the way; and the truth, and the life; no man cometh to the Father, but by me.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more: but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
For death is the wages of sin; but eternal life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Now to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:
I am crucified with Christ, and I live no longer, but Christ liveth in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
For through him were created all things, that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for 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 behold one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, Why callest thou 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 life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
That whosoever believeth on him, may not perish, but have everlasting life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him, may not perish, but have everlasting life. read more. For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved thro' him. He that believeth on him, is not condemned; but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
He that believeth on the Son, hath everlasting life: but he that obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son also to have life in himself,
Search the scriptures: in them ye think ye have eternal life: and it is they that testify of me.
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, tho' he die, yet shall he live;
And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; what therefore I speak to you, as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death, that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.
but after the power of an 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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Ye have heard, that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt do no murder, and whosoever doth murder, shall be liable to the judgment.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break thro' and steal:
Therefore take not thought, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall we wear?
Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.
Because straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father.
The Son of man is come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners; but wisdom is justified by her children.
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
And he said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
And he said to him, Why callest thou 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 hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my names sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and inherit everlasting life.
And the king shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it to me.
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life, for my sake and the gospels, he shall save it.
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
And as he was going out into the way, one running and kneeling to him, asked him, Good Master, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?
But he shall receive an hundred fold 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.
But he shall receive an hundred fold 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.
That which fell among thorns are they, who, having heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
And a woman who had had an issue of blood twelve years, and had spent all her living upon Physicians, neither could be healed by any,
For who|oever will save his life shall gose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it:
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.
And he said to them, Take heed and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
But God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: and whose shall the things be that thou hast provided?
All things were made by him, and without him was not one single thing made that was made. In him 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: but he that obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, will never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, will be in him a fountain of water, springing up into everlasting life.
Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and cometh not into condemnation, but is passed from death to life.
Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal.
And this is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
And this is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed any thing, he himself giving to all life and breath, and all things.
For if through one man's offence death reigned by one, they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall much more reign in life, by one, even Jesus Christ.
For death is the wages of sin; but eternal life is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Now to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace:
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are more miserable than all men.
I am crucified with Christ, and I live no longer, but Christ liveth in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in 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 through him were created all things, that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible; whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all things were created by him and for him. And he is before all things, and by him all things consist, And he is the head of his body the church;
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
serious, prudent, sound in faith, love, patience:
That they instruct the young women to be wise, 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 street of it, and on either side of the river is the tree of life, bearing twelve sorts of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree are 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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If any man eat of this bread, he 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 died: he that eateth of this bread, shall live for ever.