Verse 25

The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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  • Matt 10:39 : 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • Matt 16:25 : 25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
  • Luke 17:33 : 33 Whoever tries to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 9:23-24 : 23 Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.' 24 'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.'
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”