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| | **Matthew 6:19-20 ("Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal...") | | **Matthew 6:19-20 ("Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal...") |
| − | **Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, 49-50 ("Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.... | + | **Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, 49-50 |
| − | **("Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil [one]; and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.... | + | ***("Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares? And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.... |
| − | **("So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.") | + | ***("Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil [one]; and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.... |
| | + | ***("So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.") |
| | **Matthew 18:8-9 ("And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.") | | **Matthew 18:8-9 ("And if thy hand or thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. And if thine eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.") |
| | ***Mark 9:43-50 ("And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell; where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For every one shall be salted with fire. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.") | | ***Mark 9:43-50 ("And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it is good for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell; where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For every one shall be salted with fire. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.") |
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| | ***Luke 21:5-33 (Prophecy of Christ's second coming.) | | ***Luke 21:5-33 (Prophecy of Christ's second coming.) |
| | **Matthew 25:31-46 (Description of the final judgment) | | **Matthew 25:31-46 (Description of the final judgment) |
| − | ***Matthew 25:46 (eternal punishment in addition to eternal life)<br><br> | + | ***Matthew 25:46 (eternal punishment in addition to eternal life) |
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| | *Mark | | *Mark |
| − | **Mark 10:17-31 (Inquiry of a rich man; our Lord's answer, and following discourse.)<br><br> | + | **Mark 10:17-31 (Inquiry of a rich man; our Lord's answer, and following discourse.)<br> |
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| | *Luke | | *Luke |
| | **Luke 10:25-37 (Reply to a question by a lawyer; parable of the good Samaritan.) | | **Luke 10:25-37 (Reply to a question by a lawyer; parable of the good Samaritan.) |
| | + | *John |
| | + | **John 1:1-3 ("In the beginning was the Word...") |
| | + | **John 6:37-40 ("All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out/For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me./And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day./For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.") |
| | + | **John 6:68 (eternal life) |
| | + | **John 10:24-30 ("The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly./Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me./But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep./My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:/and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand./My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand./I and the Father are one.") |
| | + | **John 11:23-27 (Lazarus: "Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again./Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day/Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;/and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?/She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, [even] he that cometh into the world.") |
| | + | **John 17:2 (eternal life "even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.")<br><br> |
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| | + | *Romans 6 (The results of the Gospel; the believer made holy by his union with Christ, who frees him from the power of sin. 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.") |
| | + | *1 Corinthians 15:34-58 (The Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the dead.) |
| | + | *2 Corinthians 4:12-5:10 (The motives, responsibilities, trials and supports of the apostolic ministry 5:1 "For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.") |
| | + | *Colossians 1:16-17 ("[F]or in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; and he is before all things, and in him all things consist.") |
| | + | *1 Timothy 6:12 (eternal life) |
| | + | *Titus 1:2<br><br> |
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| − | *Titus 1:2 | + | *Hebrews 1:10-12 ("And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:/They shall perish; but thou continuest: And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;/And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.") |
| | + | *Hebrews 5:9 (eternal salvation) |
| | + | *Hebrews 6:2 (eternal judgment) |
| | + | *Hebrews 9:14 (eternal Spirit) |
| | + | *1 Peter 1:3-7 (Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,/unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,/who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time./Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,/that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ....") |
| | *1 Peter 5:10 | | *1 Peter 5:10 |
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| − | *Hebrews 5:9 (eternal salvation)
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| | *1 John 1:2 (eternal life) | | *1 John 1:2 (eternal life) |
| − | *1 John 5:11 | + | *1 John 2:25 (eternal life) |
| | *1 John 3:15 (eternal life) | | *1 John 3:15 (eternal life) |
| | + | *1 John 5:11-12 ("And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son./He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.") |
| | *Jude 1:21 (eternal life) | | *Jude 1:21 (eternal life) |
| − | *Hebrews 9:14 (eternal Spirit) | + | *Revelation 1:17-18 ("And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,/and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.") |
| − | *Hebrews 6:2 (eternal judgment) | + | *Revelation 2:7-11 |
| − | *1 John 2:25 (eternal life) | + | **("He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. |
| − | *1 Timothy 6:12 (eternal life) | + | **And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived [again]: |
| − | *John 17:2 (eternal life)
| + | **I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they art not, but are a synagogue of Satan/Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. |
| − | *John 6:68 (eternal life) | + | **He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.") |
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| | To a much lesser extent, and with a narrower meaning, there are a few references to eternity in the [[Old Testament]]. | | To a much lesser extent, and with a narrower meaning, there are a few references to eternity in the [[Old Testament]]. |