Luke 9:24
“For if you want to save your life, you will lose it; and if you lose your life for my sake, you will save it.
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25What do you benefit by gaining the whole world if you end up lost or destroyed?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time of searching, and a time of giving up searching. A time of keeping, and a time of throwing away.
John 12:25If you love your own life you will lose it, but if you don't love your own life in this world you will keep your life forever.
Hebrews 11:35Women were given their dead family members back through resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to compromise and be pardoned, because they wanted to be part of a better resurrection.
Revelation 12:11They conquered him through the blood of the Lamb and through their personal testimony—they did not love their lives so much that they were willing to die if necessary.
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:19-28
Peter's Enlightened Testimony;Self-Denial Enjoined. 18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer… Read the whole commentary →