Bible Verses About Eternal Life

Eternal life is the promise that echoes through every page of Scripture. It is a divine assurance that this world is not the end of our story. Eternal life is not just a future hope, but a present reality. A reality rooted in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Eternal life goes beyond simply living forever—it calls us to know God, walk in His truth, and allow His grace to transform us.

In a world filled with uncertainty, pain, and fleeting pleasures, the promise of eternal life gives us unshakable hope. These verses remind us that God created us for something greater. He designed us for more than this temporary life—more than our struggles and sorrows. He formed us for eternity with Him, where death will no longer exist. In heaven there will be no more tears, and no more suffering.

These Bible verses about eternal life will uplift your spirit, strengthen your faith, and renew your focus. Let them remind you of the depth of God’s love. Remind you of the power of Christ’s resurrection, and the glorious future that awaits all who believe.

Bible Verses about Eternal Life

John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

John 10:28 – “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.”

Romans 6:23 – “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

1 John 5:11 – “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”

John 6:40 – “For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

John 17:3 – “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”

Romans 5:21 – “so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Titus 1:2 – “in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,”

Matthew 25:46 – “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

1 John 2:25 – “And this is what he promised us—eternal life.”

Galatians 6:8 – “Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

Matthew 19:29 – “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.”

John 5:24 – “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.”

1 Timothy 6:12 – “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.”

Jude 1:21 – “keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”

1 John 5:13 – “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”

Romans 2:7 – “To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.”

John 6:47 – “Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.”

Matthew 18:8-9 – “If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.”

1 John 1:2 – “The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.”

John 4:14 – “But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 6:54 – “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

John 12:25 – “Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.”

1 John 5:20 – “We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”

John 6:27 – “Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

John 10:28-29 – “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.”

1 John 5:11-13 – “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”

Romans 6:22-23 – “But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

John 17:2-3 – “For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”

Romans 5:21 – “so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

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