17 times in the Gospel of John the phrase “eternal life” describes out present hope and forever condition.
From the NIV translation:
that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
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.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
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.”
Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”
For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.