Eternal life means different things to different people depending on religious or philosophical standpoints. Eternal life for the child of God means spending eternity in the presence of God.  In the Eastern religious systems it is believed the soul will be reincarnated until it reaches nothingness. But the Bible states:

The Christian’s aim is not to become nothingness, the goal is to reach heaven and escape hell. The Bible says, eternal life is a gift of God that comes only through Jesus Christ.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

Eternal life is a free gift from God and we receive it not through our good works, but through the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross. 

Here are 25 Bible verses that speak of the eternal life that we receive in Jesus Christ when we become His followers. 

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.
John 10:28-30

For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 8:35

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
1 Peter 5:10

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
1 John 2:17

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:11

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:17

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
1 John 5:13

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
John 17:3

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
John 3:36

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Matthew 7:13-14

Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18

But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
John 4:14

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 10:39

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
Revelation 1:8

Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Galatians 6:8

But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
1 Timothy 1:16

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 7:25

So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:21

For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 37:28

It is reassuring to know when we leave this world, we will have eternal life in Christ. Jesus said, no one can snatch us out of his hand or the Father’s hand. This is a blessed assurance indeed. When we live for Christ and follow in his ways, he will protect us from anything that threatens to take us away from him.

This speaks of a God that is loving, who wants nothing more than to have his children endure and come home to be with him forever. Although we may go through many trial, he promised that we will never perish, he will keep us safe until we are finally home to live eternally with him.