John 12:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 10:39 : 39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
  • Matt 16:25 : 25 Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.
  • Luke 17:33 : 33 If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
  • Luke 9:23-24 : 23 And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me. 24 For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and the word of their witness; and loving not their lives they freely gave themselves up to death.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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  • Matt 16:24-26
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    24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

    25 Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

    26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

  • Luke 9:23-25
    3 verses
    85%

    23 And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

    24 For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.

    25 For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

  • Matt 10:37-39
    3 verses
    85%

    37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

    38 And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.

    39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

  • Luke 17:33
    84%

    33 If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.

  • Mark 8:35-37
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    84%

    35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

    36 What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

    37 And what would a man give in exchange for his life?

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    24 Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

  • Luke 14:25-27
    3 verses
    77%

    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

    26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

    27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.

  • John 12:26
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    26 If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

  • Prov 8:36
    74%

    36 But he who does evil to me, does wrong to his soul: all my haters are in love with death.

  • Mark 13:13
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    13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

  • Matt 10:22
    73%

    22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

  • Luke 14:33
    73%

    33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.

  • John 15:12-13
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    12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

    13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

  • 1 John 5:12
    72%

    12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.

  • John 3:36
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    36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

  • John 8:51
    71%

    51 Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

  • Luke 12:21-23
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    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

    22 And he said to his disciples, For this reason I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about what food you will take, or for your body, how it may be clothed.

    23 Is not life more than food, and the body than its clothing?

  • John 14:24
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    24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.

  • John 3:15-16
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    71%

    15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

    16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

  • John 6:27
    71%

    27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

  • Luke 18:30
    71%

    30 Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

  • Matt 10:28
    71%

    28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

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    70%

    23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

  • John 15:18
    70%

    18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

  • Matt 6:24-25
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    24 No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

    25 So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?

  • Luke 21:17
    70%

    17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.

  • John 6:47
    70%

    47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.

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    70%

    15 Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

  • 1 John 2:15
    70%

    15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • John 10:17
    70%

    17 For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again.

  • Matt 19:29
    70%

    29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16 He who keeps the law keeps his soul; but death will be the fate of him who takes no note of the word.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

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    57 As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.