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Immortality


CategoryTheological Term / Core Doctrine
Modern Equivalentfreedom from death; eternal life; deathlessness.
KJV Word TypeNoun
DefinitionThe state of being exempt from death; life that does not end. In the KJV it is applied to God alone as inherently immortal. Believers receive immortality as a gift through the resurrection, when the mortal puts on immortality.
Key Verses"Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto." (1 Timothy 6:16); "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality." (1 Corinthians 15:53)