17 Bible Verses About Living Life to the Fullest

  • John 10:10 promises “life, and have it to the full” from the good shepherd, who in the next verse lays down his life for the sheep.
  • Luke 12:15 says life does not consist in an abundance of possessions, and 1 Timothy 6:17-19 links “the life that is truly life” to doing good and generosity.
  • Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 calls eating, drinking and finding satisfaction in work “the gift of God.”
  • The “all this” of Philippians 4:13 refers to Paul’s contentment whether well fed or hungry.
  • In the NIV, Psalm 118:24 refers to the day the rejected stone became the cornerstone, a passage Jesus quotes in Matthew 21:42.

A full life is something Jesus gives, as the good shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. He says so in John 10:10-11, and he also says that whoever loses their life for him will save it (Mark 8:35), and that life “does not consist in an abundance of possessions” (Luke 12:15). The Old Testament adds the ordinary goods of a life: food, drink and satisfaction in work, called “the gift of God” in Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, joy in…

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