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The full concept of infinite time, or [[eternity]], is unique to the [[New Testament]], which references it often:<ref>Multiple references:

The full concept of infinite time, or [[eternity]], is unique to the [[New Testament]], which references it often:<ref>Multiple references:

*Bible quotations from ''American Standard Bible'' (1901).

*Bible quotations from ''American Standard Bible'' (1901).

*Biblical paragraphing and capitalized section description by The Religious Tract Society (1861). ''The Annotated Paragraph Bible'', vol. 2.</ref>

*Biblical paragraphing and capitalized section description by The Religious Tract Society (1861). ''The Annotated Paragraph Bible'', vol. 2.</ref><br>

 

*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.")

**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>

**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>

*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.)

*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>

*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;...")

**("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.")

*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>

 

*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].)