Bible Verses about โeternal lifeโ
The Bible contains 29 verses about eternal life across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โFor God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.โ
โFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.โ
โHe who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.โ
โFor my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.โ
โThis is the bread which came down out of heaven--not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."โ
โAs the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.โ
โJesus therefore said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.โ
โThis is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.โ
โFor, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."โ
โHe who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.โ
โThese will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life."โ
โIt is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.โ
โHe said these things in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.โ
โJesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"โ
โI am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."โ
โNow he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.โ
โJesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"โ
โSimon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.โ
โWe have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."โ
โOne who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."โ
โBut there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.โ
โHe said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."โ
โTherefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"โ
โBut Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?โ
โThen what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?โ
โAt this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.โ
โThe Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"โ
โ"Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.โ
โThis is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.โ
