What Does the Bible Say About Eternal Salvation?

2 Timothy 4:18 ESV / 71 helpful votes

The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Jude 1:1 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:24-25 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

1 John 5:11-13 ESV / 51 helpful votes

And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

John 10:28-29 ESV / 49 helpful votes

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

Romans 11:29 ESV / 38 helpful votes

For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 33 helpful votes

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 5:24 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 6:37-40 ESV / 27 helpful votes

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Romans 8:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 22 helpful votes

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:14 ESV / 20 helpful votes

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

1 John 5:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes

For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

1 Peter 1:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes

To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

Ecclesiastes 3:14 ESV / 18 helpful votes

I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.

John 6:47 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

John 3:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes

He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

1 John 5:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

John 3:18 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

2 Corinthians 1:22 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

John 3:36 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

Colossians 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Matthew 13:19-23 ESV / 10 helpful votes

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

1 John 3:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

Romans 6:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

Romans 6:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.

John 15:15-16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

John 14:17-18 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

Luke 15:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

John 6:47-50 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

1 John 4:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

1 Corinthians 1:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

Jude 1:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

Romans 10:8-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Acts 2:25-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For David says concerning him, “‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’

Isaiah 59:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

John 14:26-16:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, ...

Ephesians 2:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Psalm 119:89 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.

48 Bible Verses about Eternal Salvation

2 Timothy 4:18 ESV / 71 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:1 ESV / 65 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:24-25 ESV / 55 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 5:11-13 ESV / 51 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:28-29 ESV / 49 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 11:29 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:38-39 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 5:24 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:37-40 ESV / 27 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 1:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:6 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:14 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 5:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 1:4 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 3:14 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:47 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 9:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 5:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:18 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 1:22 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:36 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 3:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 13:19-23 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 1:13 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:15-16 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:17-18 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 15:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:47-50 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 17:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 4:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:25 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:8-10 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:25-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 59:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:26-16:33 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 2:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 119:89 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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