Word study · Greek
aiōnios
eternal, of the age to come
Say it: eye-OH-nee-os (approximate)
αἰώνιος
What it means
Eternal, of the age to come. For John it is the quality of life that comes through belief and begins now: "whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (3:15-16).
Open question Debated
How to understand "eternal punishment" (25:46), as endless or as belonging to the age to come, has been debated across church history.
Range of meaning
- Of the age to comeBelonging to God's future age.
- Without endLasting forever.
In John
- Chapter 3
"Eternal life" (3:15-16, 3:36).
- Chapter 6
"The words of eternal life" (6:27, 6:40, 6:47, 6:54, 6:68).
- Chapter 17
"This is eternal life" (17:2-3).
Every verse (17)
- John 3:15
- John 3:16
- John 3:36
- John 4:14
- John 4:36
- John 5:24
- John 5:39
- John 6:27
- John 6:40
- John 6:47
- John 6:54
- John 6:68
- John 10:28
- John 12:25
- John 12:50
- John 17:2
- John 17:3
Verses where G0166 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources