eternity
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24Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
11He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.
23For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
2Before the mountains became, or the land was formed along with the world: from ages past, even to all ages, you are God.
46And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the just shall go into eternal life.”
9These shall be given the eternal punishment of destruction, apart from the face of the Lord and apart from the glory of his virtue,
27And in the same manner as it has been appointed for men to die one time, and after this, to be judged,
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
50This is the bread which descends from heaven, so that if anyone will eat from it, he may not die. 51I am the living bread, who descended from heaven. 52If anyone eats from this bread, he shall live in eternity. And the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.” 53Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 54And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. 55Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
15For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
8For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.
23For I am constrained between the two: having a desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ, which is the far better thing,
2In my Father’s house, there are many dwelling places. If there were not, I would have told you. For I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will return again, and then I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.
12Yet whoever did accept him, those who believed in his name, he gave them the power to become the sons of God.