John 12:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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  • Matt 10:39 : 39 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • Matt 16:25 : 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's, will save it.
  • Luke 17:33 : 33 Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 9:23-24 : 23 And he said to them all, If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

    25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

    26For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23And he said to them all, If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

    24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

    25For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses himself or is cast away?

  • Matt 10:37-39
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    37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

    38And he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

    39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

  • Luke 17:33
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    33Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

  • Mark 8:35-37
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    35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's, will save it.

    36For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?

    37Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

  • John 12:24
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    24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25And great multitudes went with him: and he turned, and said to them,

    26If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

    27And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

  • John 12:26
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    26If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.

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    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • Mark 13:13
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    13And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

  • Matt 10:22
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    22And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.

  • John 15:12-13
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    12This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.

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

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

  • John 3:36
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    36He who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

  • John 8:51
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    51Verily, verily, I say to you, If a man keeps my word, he shall never see death.

  • Luke 12:21-23
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    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

    22And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear.

    23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

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    24He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

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    15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.

  • John 3:15-16
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    15that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

    16For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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    27Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.

  • Luke 18:30
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    30Who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the world to come everlasting life.

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    28And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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    23He who hates me hates my Father also.

  • John 15:18
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    18If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.

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    24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

    25Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

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    17And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake.

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    47Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes in me has everlasting life.

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    15Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    17Therefore my Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

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    29And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

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    57As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me, even he shall live by me.