who is going to heaven
What does the Bible say about who is going to heaven? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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21Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and perform many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23And then will I disclose to them: ‘I have never known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity.’
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.
23For the wages of sin is death. But the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”
6Jesus said to him: “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
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.
8But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all liars, these shall be a part of the pool burning with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”
13And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
26For if we sin willingly, after receiving knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice remaining for sins, 27but instead, a certain terrible expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire that shall consume its adversaries. 28If someone dies for acting against the law of Moses, and is shown no compassion because of two or three witnesses, 29how much more, do you think, someone would deserve worse punishments, if he has tread upon the Son of God, and has treated the blood of the testament, by which he was sanctified, as unclean, and has acted with disgrace toward the Spirit of grace? 30For we know that he has said: “Vengeance is mine, and I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31It is dreadful to fall into the hands of the living God.
31But when the Son of man will have arrived in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he will sit upon the seat of his majesty. 32And all the nations shall be gathered together before him. And he shall separate them from one another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33And he shall station the sheep, indeed, on his right, but the goats on his left. 34Then the King shall say to those who will be on his right: ‘Come, you blessed of my Father. Possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in; 36naked, and you covered me; sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.’
8For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God. 9And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.
9But this is just as it has been written: “The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.”