Bible verses about heaven and eternal life
What does the Bible say about heaven and eternal life?
Christian hope looks beyond death to resurrection and to a new creation where God Himself wipes away every tear.
John 11:25-26
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?””
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
“But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.”
2 Corinthians 5:8
“We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.”
Revelation 21:4
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.””
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Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.