21 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

6 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Eternal Life

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 2:9 — But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
• 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
• 1Pet 3:14 — But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
• 1Pet 4:14 — If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
• 2Cor 5:16 — Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
• 3John 1:7 — Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
• Acts 4:37 — Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
• Acts 9:16 — For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
• Eccl 3:6 — A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
• Gal 6:8 — 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.
• Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
• Heb 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive th
• Jer 15:15 — O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
• John 12:25 — He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
• John 15:19 — If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
• Luke 6:22 — Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
• Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
• Luke 18:29 — And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
• Mark 8:35 — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
• Mark 10:29 — And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
• Matt 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Matt 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Matt 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Matt 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Matt 8:21 — And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
• Matt 8:21 — And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
• Matt 10:22 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• Matt 10:37 — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Matt 13:8 — But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
• Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
• Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
• Matt 16:25 — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
• Matt 19:16 — And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
• Matt 19:16 — And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 25:46 — And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
• Matt 25:46 — And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
• Phil 3:8 — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win
• Prov 2:4 — If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;