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'''Gospels'''

'''Gospels'''

*Matthew  

*Matthew  

**Matthew 6:19-21 ("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: for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.")

**Matthew 6:19-21: ("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: for where thy treasure is, there will thy heart be also.")

**Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, 49-50 ([P]arables illustrating the nature of the Kingdom of God.)

**Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, 49-50: ([P]arables illustrating the nature of the Kingdom of God.)

**Matthew 18:8-9 (Jesus teaches that the meek and forgiving are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.)  

**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 (Humility and brotherly love enjoined. [contains doublet of Matthew 18:8-9]):

***Mark 9:43-50: (Humility and brotherly love enjoined. [contains doublet of Matthew 18:8-9]):

****("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.

****("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.")

****("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.")

**Matthew 24:3-35 (Christ foretells the destruction of the temple, the persecution of his disciples and the signs of His second coming; 24:35: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.")

**Matthew 24:3-35: (Christ foretells the destruction of the temple, the persecution of his disciples and the signs of His second coming; 24:35: "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.")

***Mark 13:3-33 (Doublet: Our Lord foretells the destruction of Jerusalem, and his second coming; and exhorts to watchfulness)

***Mark 13:3-33: (Doublet: Our Lord foretells the destruction of Jerusalem, and his second coming; and exhorts to watchfulness.)

***Luke 21:5-33 (Doublet: Prophecy of Christ's second coming.)

***Luke 21:5-33: (Doublet: Prophecy of Christ's second coming.)

**Matthew 25:31-46 (Description of the final judgment; 25:46: "And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life." [eternal punishment in addition to eternal life<ref name="desc">Non-''Annotated Paragraph Bible'' summary description of verse.</ref>].:)

**Matthew 25:31-46: (Description of the final judgment; 25:46: "And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life." [eternal punishment in addition to eternal life<ref name="desc">Non-''Annotated Paragraph Bible'' summary description of verse.</ref>].)

*Mark

*Mark

**Mark 10:17-31 (Inquiry of a rich man; our Lord's answer, and following discourse.)<br>

**Mark 10:17-31: (Inquiry of a rich man; our Lord's answer, and following discourse.)<br>

*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

**John 1:1-3 ("In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.")

**John 1:1-3: ("In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  The same was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.")

**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 6:37-40:

**John 6:68 (Eternal life:<ref name="desc"/> "Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.")

***("All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out

**John 8:51 ("Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.")

***For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

**John 10:24-30

***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:<ref name="desc"/> "Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.")

**John 8:51: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death."

**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.

***("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.")

***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.

**John 11:23-27 ("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.")

***But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

**John 17:1-3 (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/>: "These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son may glorify thee: even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life. And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.")<br><br>

***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:

***("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 17:1-3: (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/>: "These things spake Jesus; and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the son may glorify thee: even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life. And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.")<br><br>

'''Pauline letters'''

'''Pauline letters'''

*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.")

*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.)

*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.")

*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.")

*Galatians 6:8 ("For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.")

*Galatians 6:8: ("For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.")

*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.")

*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 1:17 ("Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, [be] honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.")

*1 Timothy 1:17: "Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, [be] honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."

*1 Timothy 6:12 (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/>: "Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.")

*1 Timothy 6:12: (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/>: "Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.")

*Titus 1:2 ("[I]n hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;"<br><br>

*Titus 1:2: "[I]n hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;..."<br><br>

'''Other letters from apostles and prophets'''

'''Other letters from apostles and prophets'''

*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 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:<ref name="desc"/> "[A]nd having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;...")

*Hebrews 5:9: (Eternal salvation:<ref name="desc"/> "[A]nd having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;...")

*Hebrews 6:2 (Eternal judgment:<ref name="desc"/> "[O]f the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.")

*Hebrews 6:2: (Eternal judgment:<ref name="desc"/> "[O]f the teaching of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.")

*Hebrews 9:14 (Eternal Spirit:<ref name="desc"/> "[H]ow much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?")

*Hebrews 9:14: (Eternal Spirit:<ref name="desc"/> "[H]ow much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?")

*Hebrews 13:7-8 ("Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever.")

*Hebrews 13:7-8: ("Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever.")

*1 Peter 1:3-7, 22-25 (The wonders of redemption; Exhortations to a course of life corresponding to the blessings of the Christian state.)

*1 Peter 1:3-7, 22-25: (The wonders of redemption; Exhortations to a course of life corresponding to the blessings of the Christian state.)

*1 Peter 5:10 ("And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.")

*1 Peter 5:10: "And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you."

*2 Peter 3:1-13 (The certainty of the Lord's coming established against the denials of profane scoffers.)

*2 Peter 3:1-13: (The certainty of the Lord's coming established against the denials of profane scoffers.)

*1 John 1:2 (Eternal life:<ref name="desc"/>"[A]nd the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;...")

*1 John 1:2: (Eternal life:<ref name="desc"/>"[A]nd the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare unto you the life, the eternal [life], which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;...")

*1 John 2:16-17 ("For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.")

*1 John 2:16-17: ("For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.")

*1 John 2:25 (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/> "And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.")

*1 John 2:25: (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/> "And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.")

*1 John 3:15 (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/> "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.")

*1 John 3:15: (Eternal life<ref name="desc"/> "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.")

*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.")

*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.")

*2 John 1-2 ("The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:")

*2 John 1-2: ("The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not I only, but also all they that know the truth; for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:")

*Jude 5-8:  

*Jude 5-8:  

**("Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

**("Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

**And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

**Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.")

**("Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.")

**("Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.")

*Jude 21 (Eternal life:<ref name="desc"/> "keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.")<br><br>

*Jude 21: (Eternal life:<ref name="desc"/> "keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.")<br><br>

'''Prophecy'''

'''Prophecy'''

*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.")

*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.")

*Revelation 2:7-11 (Epistles to the seven churches of Asia [epistles to Ephesus and Smyrna].)

*Revelation 2:7-11: (Epistles to the seven churches of Asia [epistles to Ephesus and Smyrna].)

*Revelation 3:5 ("He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.")

*Revelation 3:5: ("He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.")

*Revelation 10:5-6 ("And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:...")

*Revelation 10:5-6" ("And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall be delay no longer:...")

*Revelation 20-22 (Christ's victories and reign—Satan bound; the first resurrection, and millennial kingdom...Satan loosed; his last battle and defeat; the final judgment.  Vision of the new creation and the New Jerusalem.  Concluding admonitions, warnings and promises.)<br><br>

*Revelation 20-22: (Christ's victories and reign—Satan bound; the first resurrection, and millennial kingdom...Satan loosed; his last battle and defeat; the final judgment.  Vision of the new creation and the New Jerusalem.  Concluding admonitions, warnings and promises.)<br><br>

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]].

'''Old Testament'''

'''Old Testament'''

*Job 38:1-13 (Jehovah's address to Job.)

*Job 38:1-13: (Jehovah's address to Job.)

*Psalms 9:5-8  

*Psalms 9:5-8:

**("Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

**("Thou hast rebuked the nations, thou hast destroyed the wicked; Thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.

**"The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, the very remembrance of them is perished.

**The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, the very remembrance of them is perished.

**"But Jehovah sitteth [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

**But Jehovah sitteth [as king] for ever: He hath prepared his throne for judgment;

**"And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.")

**And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.")

*Psalms 16:10-11

*Psalms 16:10-11: ("For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.")

**("For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

*Psalms 33:10-11: ("Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect. The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.")

**Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.")

*Psalms 48:8,14: ("As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever.... For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.")

*Psalms 33:10-11

*Psalms 73:24-28:

**("Jehovah bringeth the counsel of the nations to nought; He maketh the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.

**("Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

**The counsel of Jehovah standeth fast for ever, The thoughts of his heart to all generations.")

*Psalms 48:8,14

**("As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever... **For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death.")

*Psalms 73:24-28

**("Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

**Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

**Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.

**My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

**My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

**For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.

**For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee.

**But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, That I may tell of all thy works.")

**But it is good for me to draw near unto God: I have made the Lord Jehovah my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.")

*Psalms 90:2 ("Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.")

*Psalms 90:2: "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."

*Psalms 102:25-26

*Psalms 102:25-26: ("Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:...")

**("Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.

*Psalms 104:5-6: ("Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved for ever. Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.")

**They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:...")

*Psalm 119:160: "The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever."

*Psalms 104:5-6

*Psalms 146:5-6: ("Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God: who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever;...")

**("Who laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved for ever.")

*Proverbs 8:22-29: (Wisdom described and commended; her promises and warnings.)  

**Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.")

*Lamentations 5:19: "Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation."

*Psalm 119:160 ("The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous ordinances [endureth] for ever.")

*Daniel 7:18: "But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever."<br><br>

*Psalms 146:5-6

**("Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:

**Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;...")

*Proverbs 8:22-29 (Wisdom described and commended; her promises and warnings.)  

*Lamentations 5:19

**("Thou, O Jehovah, abidest for ever; Thy throne is from generation to generation.")

*Daniel 7:18

**("But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.")<br><br>

Ancient Greek philosophers did not accept, and indeed often rejected, the notion of a full eternity.  Plato was one of the first even to consider the possibility of eternity, but he thought that time was limited to the existence of the material universe (the heavens).<ref>Revisionism tries to credit ancient Greek philosophers for eternity, even though in though in fact they rejected the full concept:

Ancient Greek philosophers did not accept, and indeed often rejected, the notion of a full eternity.  Plato was one of the first even to consider the possibility of eternity, but he thought that time was limited to the existence of the material universe (the heavens).<ref>Revisionism tries to credit ancient Greek philosophers for eternity, even though in though in fact they rejected the full concept: