Immortality

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning Jude 1:21Genesis 5:242 Samuel 12:232 Kings 2:11Nehemiah 9:5Job 4:17–21Job 14:13Psalms 16:10Psalms 16:11Psalms 21:4Psalms 22:26Psalms 23:6Psalms 31:5Psalms 36:9Psalms 37:18Psalms 37:27Psalms 49:7–9Psalms 49:14Psalms 49:15Psalms 73:26Psalms 86:12
• See Resurrection
• See Righteous, Promises to
• See Wicked, Punishment of

The passages, in Bible order (103)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 5:24

   Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

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   “The Holy Spirit also came down and filled the whole house, where very many were sitting, and there appeared parted tongues as of fire. Good wings of charity, true wings that flew through the mouths of the apostles, and wings of fire that spoke in a purified speech. With these wings, Enoch flew up to heaven when he was taken up.

   “And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years, and he walked with God, and he was not, because God took him. It is said most beautifully, that he who had walked with God in this life by obeying His commandments, walked …

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2. 2 Samuel 12:23

   But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

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   “I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me - It is not clear whether David by this expressed his faith in the immortality of the soul; going to him may only mean, I also shall die, and be gathered to my fathers, as he is. But whether David expressed this or not, we know that the thing is true; and it is one of the most solid grounds of consolation to surviving friends that they shall by and by be joined to them in a state of conscious existence.

   “But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?....

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3. 2 Kings 2:11

   As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

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   But do not marvel in regard to what is said about Elijah, if, just as something strange happened to him different from all the saints who are recorded, in respect of his having been caught up by a whirlwind into heaven, so his spirit had something of choice excellence, so that not only did it rest on Elisha but also descended along with John at his birth; and that John, separately, "was filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb," and separately "came before Christ in the spirit and power of Elijah."

   “And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked,....

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4. Nehemiah 9:5

   Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

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   “Then the Levites, Jeshua,....

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5. Job 4:17–21

   ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

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   “Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Human righteousness compared with the righteousness of God is unrighteousness, for even a candle is seen to shine bright in the dark, but being set in the ray of the sun its light is darkened. What then did Eliphaz learn when he was transported in contemplation, saving that man cannot be justified in comparison with God?

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6. Job 14:13

   If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!

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   “Ver. 13. O that Thou wouldest defend me in hell! That before the coming of the Mediator between God and man, every person, though he might have been of a pure and approved life, descended to the prisons of hell, there can be no doubt; in that man, who fell by his own act, was unable by his own act to return to the rest of Paradise, except that He should come, Who by the mystery of His Incarnation should open the way into that same Paradise.

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7. Psalms 16:10

   For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

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   “Moreover my flesh too shall rest in hope. For you will not leave my soul in hell, nor will you give your holy one to see corruption. It is superfluous to wish to treat of those things which have been explained by the apostles. We therefore say these things, which were passed over by them as being, as it were, of lesser importance: that he said, "My flesh shall dwell in hope," for this reason, that the Savior descended to the dead with the hope of rising again at once.

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8. Psalms 16:11

   You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.

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   “You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with gladness with your countenance: delights are at your right hand unto the end. Because his flesh did not see corruption, and his soul was not left in hell, now after the resurrection, ascending to the heavens as victor, in the person of that man who had risen, he says, "You have made known to me the ways of life": that is, I have learned how men are freed from the underworld, by what means they may attain eternal life.

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9. Psalms 21:4

   He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.

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   "He asked life of Thee, and Thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever;" indicating that it is the Father of all who imparts continuance for ever and ever on those who are saved. For life does not arise from us, nor from our own nature; but it is bestowed according to the grace of God.

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10. Psalms 22:26

    The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

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    “To inquire, respecting God, if it tends not to strife but to discovery, is salutary. For it is written in David, "The poor eat and shall be filled; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him. Your heart shall live forever." For they who seek him after the true search, praising the Lord, shall be filled with the gift that comes from God, that is, knowledge. And their soul shall live; for the soul is figuratively termed the heart, which ministers life: for by the Son is the Father known.

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11. Psalms 23:6

    Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

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    “When do you not have something that you owe to God? Or when are you without a gift of God, since your daily enjoyment of living is from God? "For what have you, that you have not received?" Therefore, because you always receive, always call on God; and since what you have is from God, always acknowledge that you are his debtor. I prefer that you pay your debts rather through love than as one forced to do so.

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12. Psalms 31:5

    Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

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    "Into your hands." Third, he breaks forth in sudden prayer; and concerning this he does two things. First, he commends himself to the Lord; second, he commemorates the divine benefit, either already received or soon to follow, at "You have redeemed," and so on. He …

    “Into thine hand I commit my spirit,....

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13. Psalms 36:9

    For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

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    “The bishops [at the Council of Nicea], having detected the Arians' deceitfulness in this matter, collected from Scripture those passages that say of Christ that he is the glory, the fountain, the stream and the express image of the person; and they quoted the following words: "In your light we shall see light"; and likewise, "I and the Father are one." They, then, with still greater clearness, briefly declared that the Son is of one substance [homoousios] with the Father; for this, indeed, is the signification of the passages that have been quoted.

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14. Psalms 37:18

    The LORD knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will last forever.

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    “(Verse 18, 19.) Do not think that the Lord does not know your way. If you are righteous, He knows. Believe what the Prophet says: The Lord knows the ways of the blameless; and their inheritance will be blameless. They will not be put to shame in times of trouble. Those who know the Lord are known by the Lord.

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15. Psalms 37:27

    Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.

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    “Turn away from evil and do good; and dwell forever. These verses demonstrate that we belong to the Lord, and that he is the judge of our thoughts and actions, considering the merits of each individual. He does not act without judgment, but discerns between good and evil deeds. Therefore, it must be avoided and good must be done. Do not confuse good and evil; first, you must be free from sin; then, you must bear the fruits of innocence, so that you can be eternal.

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16. Psalms 49:7–9

    No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.

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    “Just as there is one God, "so too there is only one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." He is unique. He alone redeems humankind. He goes far beyond brotherly love, for he sheds his own blood for strangers. None other could offer him for his brother. To redeem us from sin, he did not spare his own body "but gave himself as redemption for all." … Why, you might ask, is Christ the only one who redeems?

    “None of them can by any means redeem his brother,.... That is, "with their substance", or "riches", as the Targum and Jarchi supply. Some, according to the order of the words in the original, render them, "a brother redeeming cannot redeem a man", or "anyone" (q): but, as Aben Ezra observes, אח, "a brother", is the effect, and איש, "a man", is the cause. The Targum is, "his brother that is a captive, a man redeeming cannot redeem with his substance"; or by any means redeem.

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