Vida eterna
A vida eterna é a promessa central do evangelho. Não se trata apenas de duração infinita, mas de qualidade de vida em comunhão com Deus, começando aqui e se estendendo pela eternidade.
O dom gratuito da vida eterna
A vida eterna é um presente de Deus, não resultado de obras humanas. É dada gratuitamente a quem crê em Jesus Cristo.
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that every one who believes in him may not perish, but have life eternal.
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that every one who believes in him may not perish, but have life eternal.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 This is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.
3 This is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.
11 This is the testimony: that God has given to us life eternal and this life is in his Son.
25 And this is the promise that he has promised us \'97 the life eternal.
16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might show all of his long-suffering for an example for those who are to believe in him and gain life eternal.
A certeza para quem crê
Quem está em Cristo tem a certeza de que passou da morte para a vida. Nada pode arrebatar o crente da mão de Deus.
24 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has life eternal and does not come into condemnation, but has passed over from death into life.25 Truly, truly, I tell you that the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
36 He who believes in the Son has life eternal. He who disbelieves in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
36 He who believes in the Son has life eternal. He who disbelieves in the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
39 and this is the will of him who sent me, that of the whole that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise all up on the last day.40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looks upon the Son and believes in him shall have life eternal, and I will raise him up on the last day."
47 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has life eternal.
27 My sheep listen to my voice and I know them and they follow me,28 and I give to them life eternal, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
28 and I give to them life eternal, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.29 My Father who gave them to me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.30 I and my Father are one."
11 This is the testimony: that God has given to us life eternal and this life is in his Son.12 He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life.13 I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have life eternal, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
13 I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have life eternal, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
O caminho para a eternidade
Jesus é o caminho para a vida eterna. Crer nele, segui-lo e perseverar na fé são os passos que nos conduzem à eternidade com Deus.
14 But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst, but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water, flowing out into life eternal."
27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to life eternal, which the Son of Man will give you. For him God the Father has sealed."28 They said to him, "What are we to do to work the works of God?"29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, to believe in him whom he has sent."
68 Simon Peter answered him, "Sir, to whom shall we go? You have the words of life eternal,
13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide and spacious is the road that leads away to ruin, and many there are who go through it;14 but narrow is the gate and contracted is the road that leads into life, and few there are who find it.
13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide and spacious is the road that leads away to ruin, and many there are who go through it;14 but narrow is the gate and contracted is the road that leads into life, and few there are who find it.
39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
46 These will go away into punishment eternal, but the righteous into life eternal."
29 Jesus said, "I tell you truly there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the good news,30 who will not receive a hundred fold more now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come life eternal.
25 Then a certain lawyer stood up to test him, and said, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit life eternal?"26 He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"27 He answered, " 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.'28 Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live."
12 Play the grand hard game of the faith. Lay hold on life eternal, to which you have been called and have made the noble confession before many witnesses.
12 Play the grand hard game of the faith. Lay hold on life eternal, to which you have been called and have made the noble confession before many witnesses.
Perseverança e glória futura
A vida eterna exige perseverança. Os sofrimentos presentes não se comparam com a glória que será revelada. Deus nos guardará até o fim.
7 To those who by constancy in good work seek for glory and honor and immortality he will award life eternal.
21 in order that as sin reigned in death grace might reign through righteousness and issue in life eternal through Jesus Christ our Lord.
18 For I estimate that the sufferings of this present time amount to nothing in comparison with the glory that is to be revealed for us.
17 For our momentary and light distress is working out for us a far surpassing and eternal weight of glory
18 while we contemplate not the things that are seen, but the things unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things unseen are eternal.
7 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked; what a man sows that he will also reap.8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap decay; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap life eternal.
8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap decay; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap life eternal.
25 And so he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, since he is forever living to intercede for them.
10 The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little will equip, establish and strengthen you.
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,21 must keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you into life eternal.
A eternidade com Deus
A Bíblia descreve a plenitude da vida eterna: sem dor, sem lágrimas, em perfeita comunhão com Deus para sempre.
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "The Tent of God is with men. He will tent with them and they will be his people and he will be their God.4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death shall be no more; neither shall there any longer be sorrow or wailing or painful toil; for the first things have passed away."
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who shall be, the Almighty."
17 And the world is passing away with its passions. But he who does the will of God endures forever.