The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.

Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike!

For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.

“I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.

The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.

and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.

“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.

Jesus, the Bread of Life

The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.

But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”

The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”

“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life.

Yes, I am the bread of life!

So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.

But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day.

The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

Jesus, the Light of the World

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.

just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.

“The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.

No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.

Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.

And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say.”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him.

And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.