'Life' in the Bible

Arise, take to thee the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.

He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

And he that is sown among the thorns this is he who hears the word, and the anxious care of this life, and the deceit of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?

And he said to him, What askest thou me concerning goodness? one is good. But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.

And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.

as indeed the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal.

And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? But they were silent.

and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.

And if thy hand serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having thy two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable;

And if thy foot serve as a snare to thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having thy two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable;

And as he went forth into the way, a person ran up to him, and kneeling to him asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

that shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the coming age life eternal.

For also the Son of man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and give his life a ransom for many.

Jesus therefore said to them, I will ask you if it is lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

But that that fell where the thorns were, these are they who having heard go away and are choked under cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

for this my son was dead and has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.

And a certain ruler asked him saying, Good teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?

who shall not receive manifold more at this time, and in the coming age life eternal.

But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

that every one who believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.

He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.

but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.

He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.

For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also to have life in himself,

and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.

Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;

and ye will not come to me that ye might have life.

Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.

For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.

For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.

Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me has life eternal.

I am the bread of life.

I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.

He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:

It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.

Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal;

Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:

as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.

and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;

He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.

Peter says to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.

Jesus answers, Thou wilt lay down thy life for me! Verily, verily, I say to thee, The cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me thrice.

Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.

No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that as to all that thou hast given to him, he should give them life eternal.

And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

but these are written that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life in his name.

Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.

but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof we are witnesses.

Go ye and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.

And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;

And those of the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.

nor is served by men's hands as needing something, himself giving to all life and breath and all things;

But Paul descending fell upon him, and enfolding him in his arms, said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.

But I make no account of my life as dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

My manner of life then from my youth, which from its commencement was passed among my nation in Jerusalem, know all the Jews,

who knew me before from the outset of my life, if they would bear witness, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

And now I exhort you to be of good courage, for there shall be no loss at all of life of any of you, only of the ship.

to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.

For if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much rather, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in the power of his life.

For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much rather shall those who receive the abundance of grace, and of the free gift of righteousness, reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)

so then as it was by one offence towards all men to condemnation, so by one righteousness towards all men for justification of life.

in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We have been buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, in order that, even as Christ has been raised up from among the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life.

But now, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.

For the wages of sin is death; but the act of favour of God, eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And the commandment, which was for life, was found, as to me, itself to be unto death:

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.

For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit life and peace.

but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I have been left alone, and they seek my life.