Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
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Esther 4:14For if thou altogether keep quiet at this time, then relief and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish. And who knows whether thou have not come to the kingdom for such a
Ecclesiastes 3:6a time to seek, and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away,
Mark 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life because of me and the good-news, this man will save it.
John 12:25He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. And they loved not their life to the point of death.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:25-28
The Value of the Soul. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man… Read the whole commentary →