Disclaimer that is on almost every page; please read if you haven't already! Thank you :) : This website is research-based. All information is research completed to point someone to the truth. The author is more than confident in his ability to figure out what is true and not true, and with every document he did his best to be right. Still, he did not complete all documents with 100% certainty. So, while at least the vast majority of the information referenced in this website is accurate and helpful for coming to the right conclusion, it is not guaranteed that anything on or referenced by this website is true. This is intentionally allowed so that people are invited to think for themselves.
So, please use your own judgment when coming to any conclusions.
Based on emails, this website will be edited to be more beneficial for anyone interested, when it's appropriate.
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise referenced, are from the NASB 1995.
Whenever anyone sins, it is of the flesh (cf. Gal. 5:15-21, 24-25). (Can a person sin of the Spirit?) Paul wrote, "Who will set me free from the body of this death?" (Rom. 7:24). He is referring to the "flesh" (7:14). While Christians are free from "the law of sin and of death" (8:2), their "body is" still "dead because of sin" (8:10). Since Christians can still sin (see this page), they can still participate in the "body of... death." Therefore, the Bible is clear that all sin is necessarily accompanied with death.
Writing is done well by applying truth to whatever the point is. Therefore, different authors -- all of whom God used as perfect writers -- used the word "death" however it worked best for their purpose.
Disclaimer: This example at least applies to Gal. 6:8. That is not to say it probably only applies to Gal. 6:8; to my knowledge, it more than likely applies with other verses.
The Greek word for “eternal” used in Gal. 6:8 (aionios) [1]) includes the root used in Revelation 14:11 to describe the Hell-state that some people will experience “forever and ever” (2). The Bible describes both lives as being "eternal." By usage of the word “eternal,” both the saved and unsaved will have eternal life in the sense that they are alive forever.
The distinguishing feature is quality of life. Therefore, whoever receives eternal life receives quality of life. Certain contexts -- or at least the context of Galatians 6:8 -- don’t show that this quality of life is just being with God or not. Thus, it can be suggested that some Christians will have higher quality of life than others.