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What Does the Bible Say About Eternal Life?
The Bible offers eternal life as a gift in Jesus Christ, not merely endless existence, but knowing God, beginning now and lasting forever.
Jesus defined eternal life as knowing God and knowing Him. It is not only a future in heaven but a present relationship with God that death cannot end. It begins the moment we trust Christ.
Scripture says eternal life is a gift, not a wage, received by faith in Jesus. Those who have the Son have life, a life full, secure, and everlasting, held safely in the hands of God.
Key Bible verses
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 · King James Version (public domain)
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
John 17:3 · King James Version (public domain)
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 6:23 · King James Version (public domain)
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”
1 John 5:11-12 · King James Version (public domain)
How this points to Jesus
Jesus said, I am the life, and He is where eternal life is found. He alone conquered death and offers to share His unending life with us. Eternal life is not earned by good deeds but received by trusting Him. To know Jesus is to have life that begins today and never ends.