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.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 5:242 voices

   “THE three passages of Scripture which I have read are all the authentic information we have concerning Enoch. It would be idle to supplement it with the fictions of ancient commentators. Enoch is called the seventh from Adam, to distinguish him from the other Enoch of the line of Cain, who was the third from Adam. In the first Patriarchs God was pleased to manifest to men portions of His Truth in reference to true religion.”

   “He was changed, as those saints shall be that will be found alive at Christ's second coming. Methuselah signifies, He dies, there is a sending forth, viz. of the deluge, which came the very year that Methuselah died. If his name was so intended, it was a fair warning to a careless world long before the judgment came.”

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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.”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:232 voices

   “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.”

   “Thus David wept for his son who was about to die; he did not grieve for him when dead. He wept that he might not be snatched from him, but he ceased to weep when he was snatched away, for he knew that he was with Christ. And that you may know what I declare is true, he wept for his incestuous son Amnon when he was killed, and he mourned for the parricide Absalom when he perished, saying, ‘My son Absalom, my son Absalom!’”

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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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 2:112 voices

   “IT seems to me that the departure of Elijah from the world, though of course he did not ‘die’ at all, may furnish us with a very good type of the decease of those saints who, although taken away all of a sudden, are not without some previous intimation that in such a manner they will be removed. There may be some such here. They may know that they have about them a disease which, in all probability, will terminate fatally and suddenly.”

   “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.’”

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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.

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 9:52 voices

   “Stand up - The people had knelt to confess and to worship God Neh 9:3. They were now to take the proper attitude for praise. Compare throughout the margin reference.”

   “The congregation is called upon to signify their concurrence herewith by standing up; and so the minister directs himself to God, Blessed be thy glorious name. As the only living and true God: Thou art Jehovah alone, self-existent and independent; there is no God besides thee. As the Creator of all things: Thou hast made heaven, earth, and seas, and all that is in them.”

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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?”

   “Shall mortal man - Or, shall feeble man. The idea of ‘mortal’ is not necessarily implied in the word used here, אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh. It means man; and is usually applied to the lower classes or ranks of people; see the notes at Isa 8:1. The common opinion in regard to this word is, that it is derived from אנשׁ 'ânash, to be sick, or ill at ease; and then desperate, or incurable - as of a disease or wound; Jer 15:18; Mic 1:9; Job 34:”

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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!

   ›Commentary on Job 14:132 voices

   “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.”

   “Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave; - compare the notes at Job 3:11 ff. Hebrew ‘in Sheol’ - ב־שׁאול bı̂-she'ôl. Vulgate, ‘in inferno.’ Septuagint ἐν ἅδῃ en Hadē - ‘in Hades.’ On the meaning of the word ‘Sheol,’ see the notes at Isa 5:14. It does not mean here, I think, the grave. It means the region of departed spirits, the place of the dead, where he wished to be, until the tempest of the wrath of God should pass by.”

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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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   “Our Lord Jesus was not disappointed in his hope. He declared his Father's faithfulness in the words, ‘thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, ‘ and that faithfulness was proven on the resurrection morning. Among the departed and disembodied Jesus was not left; he had believed in the resurrection, and he received it on the third day, when his body rose in glorious life, according as he had said in joyous confidence, ‘neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.’”

   “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.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 16:112 voices

   “‘Fullness’ means completely satisfying. And ‘forevermore’ means those pleasures never stop.”

   “‘Thou wilt shew me the path of life.’ To Jesus first this way was shown, for he is the first begotten from the dead, the first-born of every creature. He himself opened up the way through his own flesh, and then trod it as the forerunner of his own redeemed. The thought of being made the path of life to his people, gladdened the soul of Jesus. ‘In thy presence is fulness of joy.’”

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9. Psalms 21:4

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

   ›Commentary on Psalms 21:42 voices

   “‘He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.’ The first words may suit King David, but the length of days for ever and ever can only refer to the King Messiah. Jesus, as man, prayed for resurrection and he received it, and now possesses it in immortality. He died once, but being raised from the dead he dieth no more. ‘Because I live, ye shall live also, ‘ is the delightful intimation which the Saviour gives us, that we are partakers of his eternal life.”

   “‘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!

    ›Commentary on Psalms 22:262 voices

    “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.”

    “Christ's sacrifice being accepted, the saints shall feast upon the sacrifice, as, under the law, upon the peace-offerings, and so partake of the altar: The meek shall eat and be satisfied, eat of the bread of life, feed with an appetite upon the doctrine of Christ's mediation, which is meat and drink to the soul that knows its own nature and case.”

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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.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 23:62 voices

    “We are saved by hope, and that hope will not make us ashamed, because it is well grounded. It is the duty of Christians to encourage themselves in the Lord their God; and we are here directed to take that encouragement both from the relation wherein he stands to us and from the experience we have had of his goodness according to that relation.”

    “His hope rises, and his faith is strengthened, by being exercised. Observe, (1.) What he promises himself--goodness and mercy, all the streams of mercy flowing from the fountain, pardoning mercy, protecting mercy, sustaining mercy, supplying mercy.”

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12. Psalms 31:5

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

    ›Commentary on Psalms 31:52 voices

    “By Stephen's example we are taught in, our dying moment, to eye Christ at God's right hand, and to commit our spirits to him: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. David is here to be looked upon as a man in distress and trouble. And, [1.] His great care is about his soul, his spirit, his better part.”

    “‘Lord, however it goes with me, as to my body, let it go well with my soul.’ Note, It is the wisdom and duty of every one of us solemnly to commit our spirits into the hands of God, to be sanctified by his grace, devoted to his honour, employed in his service, and fitted for his kingdom.”

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13. Psalms 36:9

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

    ›Commentary on Psalms 36:92 voices

    “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.”

    “The God of grace is the fountain of spiritual life. All the strength and comfort of a sanctified soul, all its gracious principles, powers, and performances, are from God. He is the spring and author of all its sensations of divine things, and all its motions towards them: he quickens whom he will; and whosoever will may come, and take from him of the waters of life freely.”

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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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    “He knows their bright days, and has pleasure in their prosperity; he knows their cloudy and dark days, the days of their affliction, and as the day is so shall the strength be. Fourthly, That their inheritance shall be for ever; not their inheritance in the earth, but that incorruptible indefeasible one which is laid up for them in heaven.”

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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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16. Psalms 49:7–9

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

    ›Commentary on Psalms 49:7–92 voices

    “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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