Life, Living, Lifetime, Life-Giving
Life, Living, Lifetime, Life-Giving [1]
(Eng., "zoo," "zoology") is used in the Nt "of life as a principle, life in the absolute sense, life as God has it, that which the Father has in Himself, and which He gave to the Incarnate Son to have in Himself, John 5:26 , and which the Son manifested in the world, 1 John 1:2 . From this life man has become alienated in consequence of the Fall, Ephesians 4:18 , and of this life men become partakers through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, John 3:15 , who becomes its Author to all such as trust in Him, Acts 3:15 , and who is therefore said to be 'the life' of the believer, Colossians 3:4 , for the life that He gives He maintains, John 6:35,63 . Eternal life is the present actual possession of the believer because of his relationship with Christ, John 5:24; 1 John 3:14 , and that it will one day extend its domain to the sphere of the body is assured by the Resurrection of Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:4; 2 Timothy 1:10 . This life is not merely a principle of power and mobility, however, for it has moral associations which are inseparable from it, as of holiness and righteousness. Death and sin, life and holiness, are frequently contrasted in the Scriptures.
Acts 17:25 1 John 5:16 Luke 16:25 1 Corinthians 15:19 1 Timothy 4:8 1 Peter 3:10 Acts 5:20 Romans 5:12 Leviticus 17:11 John 10:15 Isaiah 53:5,10,12 2 Corinthians 5:21
(cp. Eng. words beginning with bio-), is used in three respects (a) of "the period or duration of life," e.g., in the Av of 1 Peter 4:3 , "the time past of our life" (the Rv follows the mss. which omit "of our life"); Luke 8:14; 2 Timothy 2:4; (b) of "the manner of life, life in regard to its moral conduct," 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 John 2:16; (c) of "the means of life, livelihood, maintenance, living," Mark 12:44; Luke 8:43; 15:12,30; 21:4; 1 John 3:17 , "goods," Rv (Av, "good"). See Goods.
besides its meanings, "heart, mind, soul," denotes "life" in two chief respects, (a) "breath of life, the natural life," e.g., Matthew 2:20; 6:25; Mark 10:45; Luke 12:22; Acts 20:10; Revelation 8:9; 12:11 (cp. Leviticus 17:11; Esther 8:11 ); (b) "the seat of personality," e.g., Luke 9:24 , explained in Luke 9:25 as "own self." See list under Soul. See also Heart , Mind.
Psalm 66:9 John 10:10 John 10:11 Revelation 13:15 2 Corinthians 1:8 Hebrews 2:15
from bioo, "to spend one's life, to live," denotes "a manner of life," Acts 26:4 .
"a manner of life," 2 Timothy 3:10; see Conduct.
"behavior, conduct," is translated "manner of life" (Av "conversation") in the Rv of Galatians 1:13; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 Peter 1:18; 3:16; "living," in 1 Peter 1:15 . See Behavior.
"pertaining to life" (bios), is translated "of this life," in Luke 21:34 , with reference to cares; in 1 Corinthians 6:3 , "(things) that pertain to this life," and 1 Corinthians 6:4 , "(things) pertaining to this life," i.e., matters of this world, concerning which Christians at Corinth were engaged in public lawsuits one with another; such matters were to be regarded as relatively unimportant in view of the great tribunals to come under the jurisdiction of saints hereafter. Moulton and Milligan (Vocab.) illustrate the word from phrases in the papyri, e.g., "business (documents);" "business concerning my livelihood;" "(stories) of ordinary life."
denotes "lifeless, inanimate" (a, negative, and psuche, see A, No. 3), "without life," 1 Corinthians 14:7 .
"to make alive, cause to live, quicken" (from zoe, "life," and poieo, "to make"), is used as follows: "(a) of God as the bestower of every kind of life in the universe, 1 Timothy 6:13 (zoogoneo, to preserve alive, is the alternative reading adopted by most editors; see Live , No. 6), and, particularly, of resurrection life, John 5:21; Romans 4:17; (b) of Christ, who also is the bestower of resurrection life, John 5:21 (2nd part); 1 Corinthians 15:45; cp. 1 Corinthians 15:22; (c) of the resurrection of Christ in "the body of His glory," 1 Peter 3:18; (d) of the power of reproduction inherent in seed, which presents a certain analogy with resurrection, 1 Corinthians 15:36; (e) of the 'changing,' or 'fashioning anew,' of the bodies of the living, which corresponds with, and takes place at the same time as, the resurrection of the dead in Christ, Romans 8:11; (f) of the impartation of spiritual life, and the communication of spiritual sustenance generally, John 6:63; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Galatians 3:21 ." * [* From Notes on Galatians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 154,155.] See Quicken , and cp. sunzoopoieo, "to quicken together with," Ephesians 2:5; Colossians 2:13 .
