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Definition
A new quality of life, beginning in the present but continuing after death, which Jesus is said to offer to those who believe in him (John 3:15-16).
- Today's New International Version
- 15that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.' 16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- King James Version
- 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1. Genesis indicates that death was not part of the orginal plan for human beings but is one of the consequences of the Fall.
2. The death of Jesus is presented as opening up the possibility of reconciliation with God.
The name given to the man believed by Christians to be the Son of God. Also given the title Christ, meaning 'anointed one' or Messiah. His life is recorded most fully in the Four Gospels.