who will not receive [back] many times as much [as he left in this life], and never ending life in the coming age.”
1 John 2:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And this is the promise which Christ [or, “God”] has given to us: [It is] never ending life. [Note: This passage may mean that God promised us “the Eternal Life,” that is, Christ, See John 3:16]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And this is what He Himself has promised us–the life, the eternal [life]. American Standard Version (1901) And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal. Common English Bible This is the promise that he himself gave us: eternal life. Catholic Public Domain Version And this is the Promise, which he himself has promised to us: Eternal Life. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting. |
who will not receive [back] many times as much [as he left in this life], and never ending life in the coming age.”
I give them never ending life and they will never be destroyed, and no one will [be able to] steal them out of my hand.
And I know that [obeying] His commandments [leads to] never ending life. So, the things which I say are what the Father has told me [to say].”
so that whoever believes in Him would have never ending life.” [Note: Some translations extend Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus through verse 21].
You search through the Scriptures [i.e., the Old Testament], because you think that you will [learn how to] have never ending life by [reading] them. And these Scriptures are what testify concerning me.
Do not work for the [kind of] food that spoils, but for the kind that lasts until never ending life. The Son of man will give you this [kind of food], for God the Father has placed His seal [of approval] on Him.”
And this is what [else] my Father wants: That every person who sees the Son [i.e., with the eye of faith] and believes in Him should have never ending life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.”
Truly, truly, I tell you, the person who believes [in me] has never ending life [See note on 5:24].
The person who eats my physical body and drinks my blood has never ending life [See note on 5:24], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day [i.e., the judgment day].
Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, who [else] could we go to? You have the message about never ending life.
To the ones who continue doing what is good and who look for glory, honor and immortal life [God will give] never ending life.
For the wages for sinning is [spiritual] death, but God’s free gift is never ending life in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus our Lord.
If he engages in things to satisfy his own sinful desires, he will be [spiritually] destroyed for such conduct, but the one who engages in things to please the Holy Spirit will receive never ending life through the [same] Spirit [as a result].
However, even though I was the worst, I obtained mercy so that the patience of Jesus Christ could be shown toward the worst [of sinners] as an example for those people who would later believe in Him in order to [receive] never ending life.
Fight the good battle of the faith; take hold of never ending life, to which you were called [i.e., by the Gospel. See II Thess. 2:14], [when] you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. [Note: This “confession” probably refers to a person’s acknowledgment of Jesus as Lord and Christ prior to his immersion. See Acts 2:36; Rom. 10:9-10].
[In that way] they will store up for themselves a treasure [of never ending rewards] for providing a solid foundation for the future, so that they can take hold of the true life [i.e., in heaven].
[and provides] hope for never ending life. God, who cannot lie, promised this [life] before the beginning of time,
[This was] so that, being made right with God by His unearned favor, we could have the hope of [possessing our] inheritance of never ending life [in heaven].
Truly, this “Life” was made known to us and we have [actually] seen it [i.e., Him], and so we testify and proclaim to you [that He is] “the Eternal Life,” who was with the Father and was made known to us [apostles].
And [in addition], we know that the Son of God has come [in a physical body, See 4:2] and has given us understanding, so that we can know the True One [i.e., God], and that we are in [fellowship with] the True One, even His Son Jesus Christ. This Son is the true God and eternal life.
Keep yourselves in God’s love [i.e., continue to love God], as you look forward to [receiving] the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, [who will grant you] never ending life.