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This collection has 18 Bible verses about eternal life: 2 from the Old Testament and 16 from the New Testament. John appears most often (7 verses), across 9 books of Scripture.
What does the Bible say about eternal life? Read 18 carefully selected Bible verses about eternal life, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
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"For 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."
"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."
"This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ."
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
"I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand."
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
"The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life."
"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."
"These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God."
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
“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.
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
"in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;"
"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
"Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life."
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
"Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”"
"And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”"
"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”"
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."
"For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens."
"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
"There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever."
"And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever."
"Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever."
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."
"but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”"
"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life."
"that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
"That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible and the King James Version (both public domain), checked word for word against the full text. Updated October 2, 2026.
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This collection has 18 Bible verses about eternal life: 2 from the Old Testament and 16 from the New Testament. John appears most often (7 verses), across 9 books of Scripture. What does the Bible say about eternal life? Read 18 carefully selected Bible verses about eternal life, with full scripture text you can save, share, and study.
John 3:16: "For 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." John 17:3: "This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ." John 10:28: "I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand." Full collection: 18 verses on this page (11% Old Testament, 89% New Testament).
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