Verse 24

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 17:33 : 33 Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
• John 12:25 : 25 The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.
• Acts 20:23-24 : 23 except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me. 24 But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.
• Heb 11:35 : 35 and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.