For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

 (ii) The second great phrase is eternal life. We have already seen that eternal life is the very life of God himself. But let us ask this: if we possess eternal life, what do we have? If we enter into eternal life, what is it like? To have eternal life envelops every relationship in life with peace. 