Bible Verses About Eternal Life
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for eternal life, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,542 votes, led by John 3:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Eternal Life
John 3:16496 votes
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.
Romans 6:23403 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 17:3330 votes
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 5:24251 votes
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.
Matthew 25:46222 votes
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Romans 10:13180 votes
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
John 6:50-71168 votes
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
John 3:36162 votes
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.
Matthew 7:21-23122 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Galatians 6:7-8112 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Matthew 7:13-14109 votes
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
1 John 1:9108 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 2:25108 votes
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
Luke 23:43105 votes
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Ephesians 2:8-9101 votes
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Romans 2:6-898 votes
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
John 4:1489 votes
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.
1 Timothy 6:1289 votes
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.
Romans 8:38-3987 votes
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Revelation 21:884 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
1 John 5:1179 votes
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:1379 votes
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.
John 6:2778 votes
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.
Acts 4:1276 votes
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 6:4075 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about eternal life?
Readers most often cite John 3:16 on the subject of eternal life. Across 7,542 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 6:23, John 17:3, John 5:24. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.