John 3:15
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15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.[a](A)
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John 3:16
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16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.(A)
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1 John 5:11-13
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11 And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(A)
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13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.[a](B)
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- 5.13 Other ancient authorities add and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God
John 3:36
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36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not see life but must endure God’s wrath.(A)
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John 12:44-46
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Summary of Jesus’s Teaching
44 Then Jesus cried aloud: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me.(A) 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.(B) 46 I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.(C)
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John 10:28-30
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28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.(A) 29 My Father, in regard to what he has given me, is greater than all,[a] and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.(B) 30 The Father and I are one.”
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- 10.29 Other ancient authorities read What my Father has given me is greater than all else or My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all
Hebrews 7:25
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25 Consequently, he is able for all time to save[a] those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.(A)
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- 7.25 Or able to save completely
John 6:40
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40 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”(A)
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1 John 5:1
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Faith Conquers the World
5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.(A)
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- 5.1 Or the Messiah
John 20:31
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31 But these are written so that you may continue[a] to believe that Jesus is the Messiah,[b] the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.(A)
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Isaiah 45:22
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22 Turn to me and be saved,
all the ends of the earth!
For I am God, and there is no other.(A)
1 John 5:20
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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true;[a] and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(A)
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- 5.20 Other ancient authorities read know the true God
Acts 16:30-31
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30 Then he brought them outside and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”(A) 31 They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”(B)
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John 11:25-26
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25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live,(A) 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
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- 11.25 Other ancient authorities lack and the life
John 5:24
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24 Very truly, I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.(A)
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John 1:12
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12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(A)
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Galatians 2:20
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20 and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,[a] who loved me and gave himself for me.(A)
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- 2.20 Or by faith in the Son of God
Romans 10:9-14
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9 because[a] if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe[b] in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(A) 10 For one believes[c] with the heart, leading to righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, leading to salvation. 11 The scripture says, “No one who believes[d] in him will be put to shame.”(B) 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all and is generous to all who call on him.(C) 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”(D)
14 But how are they to call on one in whom they have not believed?[e] And how are they to believe[f] in one of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?
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John 17:2-3
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2 since you have given him authority over all people,[a] to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.(A) 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(B)
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John 6:47
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47 Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.(A)
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1 John 2:25
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25 And this is what he has promised us,[a] eternal life.(A)
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Hebrews 10:39
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39 But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls.(A)
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Galatians 2:16
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16 yet we know that a person is justified[a] not by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ.[b] And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by the faith of Christ[c] and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.(A)
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Romans 6:22-23
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22 But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the fruit you have leads to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.(A) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(B)
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Luke 19:10
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10 For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
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