29 Bible Verses about Eternal
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And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.
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Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.
Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
Christ » Christ's Dominion » Eternal
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.
Christ » Priesthood of » Eternal
Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
death » Eternal » Foretold
With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.
And more than this, the Lord will give Israel up with you into the hands of the Philistines: and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: and the Lord will give up the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.
Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.
Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.
death » Spiritual death » Eternal
Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.
death » Eternal » Gates of
Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?
I said, In the quiet of my days I am going down into the underworld: the rest of my years are being taken away from me.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Eternal
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.
Dominion » Christ's » Eternal
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.
Election » Of saints, is » Eternal
Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:
Eternal » Kingdom » Eternal kingdom of God and Christ
For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.
And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.
Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
And in the days of those kings, the God of heaven will put up a kingdom which will never come to destruction, and its power will never be given into the hands of another people, and all these kingdoms will be broken and overcome by it, but it will keep its place for ever.
Eternal » Punishment » Future
For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;
And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.
And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell » Greek, gehenna), the place of punishment
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Compares the suffering of, to fire
Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.
The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong, And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.
Eternal » Glory » The glory will be endless
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other allusions to
For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.
To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Other references of Christ to
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
Eternal » Wicked words of Christ concerning » Described as banishment from God
And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Spiritual service
Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting. He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Faith in Christ
As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up: So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.
But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
Eternal » Hope » The soul's sure anchor
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false; And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
Eternal » Hope » Cheers the dying hour of the saints
The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
Eternal » Hope » A heavenly treasure
Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Renunciation of the world
And Peter said, See, we have given up what is ours to come after you. And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God, Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Sowing in the spirit
Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
Eternal » Hope » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Eternal » For punishments, ancient modes of hell
For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Self-sacrifice
He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.
Eternal » Hope » Anticipates Christ's coming
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Eternal » Hope » Assures of immortality
Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
Eternal » Conditions of receiving » Knowledge of God
And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
Glory » Christ's » Eternal
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
Glory » Eternal » Inherited by saints
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.
The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.
Glory » Eternal » Saints called to
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Glory » Eternal » The bodies of saints shall be raised in
By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:
Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by present afflictions
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
Glory » Eternal » Accompanies salvation by Christ
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Glory » Eternal » Procured by the death of Christ
Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.
Glory » Eternal » Of God's people shall be rich and abundant
Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head. For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste. The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.
Glory » Eternal » Saints afore prepared to
And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,
Glory » Eternal » Present afflictions not worthy to be compared with
I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
Glory » Eternal » Saints shall be, of their ministers
For what is our hope or joy or crown of glory? Are not even you, before our Lord Jesus, at his coming? For you are our glory and our joy.
Glory » Of God » Eternal
Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:
Glory » Eternal » Afflictions of ministers are, to saints
For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.
Glory » Eternal » Enhanced by afflictions
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
Glory » Eternal » Saints prepared unto
And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,
God, Glory of » Described as » Eternal
Let the glory of the Lord be for ever; let the Lord have joy in his works:
God » Is declared to be » Eternal
The God of your fathers is your safe resting-place, and under you are his eternal arms: driving out the forces of your haters from before you, he said, Let destruction overtake them.
And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come. And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever, The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying,
God » Mercy of » Eternal
But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Hope » Eternal » In God
Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:
Hope » Eternal » The soul's sure anchor
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false; And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;
Hope » Eternal » Cheers the dying hour of the saints
The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
Hope » Eternal » A heavenly treasure
Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
Hope » Eternal » Grounded in the resurrection of Christ
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Hope » Eternal » Anticipates Christ's coming
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Hope » Eternal » Assures of immortality
Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
Life » Eternal » General references to
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mercy » Eternal
But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Priesthood » Of Christ » Eternal
Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Punishment » Eternal
And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.
In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:
And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
And these will go away into eternal punishment; but the upright into eternal life.
Redemption » Described as » Eternal
And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.
Rest, spiritual » Eternal
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
Salvation » Described as » Eternal
And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
But the Lord will make Israel free with an eternal salvation: you will not be put to shame or made low for ever and ever.
Spiritual » Rest » Eternal
And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Eternal
How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
Topics on Eternal
Eternal Blessing
2 Samuel 7:29So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!
Eternal Death
Psalm 1:6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
Eternal Deliverance
Isaiah 51:6Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
Eternal Evil
Genesis 43:9Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.
Eternal Existence
1 Corinthians 15:42So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:
Eternal Judgement
Psalm 77:7Will the Lord put me away for ever? will he be kind no longer?
Eternal Judgment
Daniel 12:2And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.
eternal life, experience of
John 5:24Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.
eternal life, gift of
John 5:39-40You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
eternal life, nature of
John 17:3And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
Eternal Loyalty
Exodus 19:9And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.
Eternal Perspective
2 Corinthians 5:8We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
Eternal Possession
Genesis 17:8And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
Eternal Praise
Romans 9:5Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.
Eternal Punishment
Revelation 20:10And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.
Eternal Security
John 10:28-29And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
Eternal State
Hebrews 10:34For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
God, The Eternal
Nehemiah 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, Get up and give praise to the Lord your God for ever and ever. Praise be to your great name which is lifted up high over all blessing and praise.
Man's Eternal Attributes
Psalm 112:3A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
Rest, Eternal
Hebrews 4:3-4For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.
The Eternal Covenant
Genesis 17:7And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.