'Life' in the Bible

In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.

so that everyone who believes in him would have eternal life.

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

But whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never become thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become a well of water for him, springing up to eternal life."

The one who harvests is already receiving his wages and gathering a crop for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who harvests may rejoice together.

Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses.

"Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, whoever hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged, but has passed from death to life.

Just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

and will come out those who have done what is good to the resurrection that leads to life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection that ends in condemnation.

You examine the Scriptures carefully because you suppose that in them you have eternal life. Yet they testify about me.

But you are not willing to come to me to have life.

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."

The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.

And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day.

This is my Father's will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him to life on the last day.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me has eternal life.

I'm the bread of life.

I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

So Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him to life on the last day,

It's the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I've spoken to you are spirit and life.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I've come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

"I'm the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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

This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it back again.

I give them eternal life, they'll never be lost, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.

The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

And I know that what he commands brings eternal life. What I speak, therefore, I speak just as the Father has told me."

"Lord, why can't I follow you now?" Peter asked him. "I would lay down my life for you!"

Jesus answered him, "Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times."

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

No one shows greater love than when he lays down his life for his friends.

For you have given him authority over all humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent Jesus the Messiah.

But these have been recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that through believing you may have life in his name.