Conditional Immortality

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ἀθανασίαAthanasiaG110Greek (NT)

Immortality, deathlessness.

Used only 3 times in the entire NT — and never as something humans naturally possess. In 1 Tim 6:16, God alone "hath immortality." In 1 Cor 15:53-54, immortality is something mortals must "put on" at the resurrection — it is GIVEN, not inherent. This is the strongest lexical evidence for conditional immortality: the Greek word exists, the NT authors knew it, and they never once applied it to the human soul as a natural attribute.

1 Corinthians 15:54Keyword
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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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1 Timothy 6:16Keyword
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“Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.”

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1 Corinthians 15:53Keyword
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“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.”

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Romans 6:23Keyword
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“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

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Romans 2:7Keyword
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“To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:”

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John 5:24Keyword
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“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

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Mark 10:30Keyword
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“But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.”

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Romans 5:21Semantic
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“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

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