And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
-- 1 Peter 5:4


For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
-- Habakkuk 2:14

Eternal Life (Chain #2157)

Conditions of Receiving

 

Renunciation Of The World
Luke 18:28-30 (NIV)

28 Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!"   29 "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God  30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life." 

Renunciation Of The World
Luke 18:28-30 (KJV)

28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.  29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, 30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. 

Faith In Christ
John 3:14-15 (NIV)

14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 

Faith In Christ
John 3:14-15 (KJV)

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:  15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

John 3:36 (NIV)
36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." 

John 3:36 (KJV)
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 

Being Satisfied By Christ
John 4:14 (NIV)

14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." 

Being Satisfied By Christ
John 4:14 (KJV)

14 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. 

Spiritual Service
John 4:35-36 (NIV)

35 Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.  36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 

Spiritual Service
John 4:35-36 (KJV)

35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.  36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 

Hearing The Word And Believing
John 5:24 (NIV)

24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. 

Hearing The Word And Believing
John 5:24 (KJV)

24 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. 

Eyes Fixed On The Son Of God
John 6:40 (NIV)

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 him up at the last day."

Eyes Fixed On The Son Of God
John 6:40 (KJV)

40 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. 

Self-sacrifice
John 12:25 (NIV)

25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 

Self-sacrifice
John 12:25 (KJV)

25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 

Knowledge Of God
John 17:3 (NIV)

3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 

Knowledge Of God
John 17:3 (KJV)

3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 

Sowing To The Spirit
Galatians 6:8 (NIV)

8 The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. 

Sowing To The Spirit
Galatians 6:8 (KJV)

8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.