'Existence' in the Bible
All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.
For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
For having circumcision is nothing, and not having circumcision is nothing, but only a new order of existence.
For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.
Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.