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Bible Verses About Temporal vs Eternal

This collection includes 50 passages about Temporal vs Eternal. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

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But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

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And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

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One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

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Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

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To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

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For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

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Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

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For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

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And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

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They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

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They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

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A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

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As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

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So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

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And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

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For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

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(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

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Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

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Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

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For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you.

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Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

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For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

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