John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
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- Matt 10:39 : 39 He who seeks 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 will lose his life for my sake will find it.
- Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
- Luke 17:33 : 33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
- Luke 14:26 : 26 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
- Luke 9:23-24 : 23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
- Matt 19:29 : 29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
- Rev 12:11 : 11 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.
- Acts 20:24 : 24 But these things don't count; nor do I hold 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 fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
- Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, 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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- Matt 16:24-263 verses86%
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
- Luke 9:23-253 verses85%
23 He said to all, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
- Matt 10:37-393 verses85%
37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
38 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.
39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
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33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
- Mark 8:35-373 verses84%
35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
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24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- Luke 14:25-273 verses77%
25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
26 "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
27 Whoever doesn't bear his own cross, and come after me, can't be my disciple.
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26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
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36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."
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13 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
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22 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
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33 So therefore whoever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple.
- John 15:12-132 verses72%
12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.
13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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12 He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life.
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36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
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51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
- Luke 12:21-233 verses71%
21 So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
22 He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
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24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.
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15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
- John 3:15-162 verses71%
15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 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.
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27 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
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30 who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life."
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28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
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23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.
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18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
- Matt 6:24-252 verses70%
24 "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't serve both God and Mammon.
25 Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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17 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.
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47 Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
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15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
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15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.
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17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
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29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
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16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, but he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
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25 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."
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57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.