Verse 24

'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 17:33 : 33 Whoever tries to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
  • John 12:25 : 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.
  • Acts 20:23-24 : 23 'Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that chains and afflictions await me.' 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.'
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of 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.