Eternal life is described throughout Scripture as both a future hope and a present reality available now through relationship with God. This page gathers verified verses on eternal life.
Every verse below is drawn from a verified King James Version text.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:11
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.
1 John 5:13
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1 John 5:20
And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
Mark 10:17
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Mark 10:30
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:18
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
John 6:27
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:40
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
John 6:47
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:54
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John 6:68
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
1 John 2:25
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:7
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.
John 5:24
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 5:39
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Matthew 25:46
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1 Timothy 6:19
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Titus 1:2
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
Psalms 103:17
All verses are quoted from the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation.
John 17:3’s definition of eternal life as knowing God directly ties it to relationship, not only a future destination.
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Every verse on this page is drawn from the King James Version, a public-domain translation available in full at Blue Letter Bible for anyone who wants to study the wider context.
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Every verse in Bible Verses About Eternal Life is drawn from the King James Version specifically, a translation completed in 1611 that remains one of the most widely quoted English versions of Scripture. Its language is more formal than modern translations, which some readers find adds a certain weight to familiar passages.
The twenty verses in Bible Verses About Eternal Life were selected specifically because they speak directly to this subject, rather than only mentioning it in passing. Some are well known; others are easy to overlook on a first read through Scripture. Both kinds are included here because familiarity is not the same as relevance — a lesser-known verse can sometimes say exactly what a well-known one does not.
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Twenty verses is enough to give a genuine sense of how often Scripture returns to this subject, without becoming so long that no single verse gets the attention it deserves. Shorter lists risk missing important passages; much longer ones risk turning into a list nobody actually reads all the way through.
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Eternal life, biblically, is described as both a future hope and a present relationship with God available now.