1 Timothy 6:161 Timothy 1:172 Timothy 1:10Romans 2:71 Corinthians 15:53-55Isaiah 25:8Hosea 13:14

Thus, eternal life is not ours because we have the inherent power to live forever; eternal life and immortality are ours only because God chooses to give them to us. Most of the time, we are given immortality after death. Those who did escape death—Enoch (Genesis 5:24 ) and Elijah (2 Kings 2:10-11 )—did so only by the power of God and not by some inherent power they had to live forever. See Eternal Life .

Phil Logan