Luke 9:24

for whoever may will to save his life will lose it, and whoever may lose his life for My sake, he will save it;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

In Context

23And He said to all, “If anyone wills to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me;

25for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seek, || And a time to destroy. A time to keep, || And a time to cast away.

John 12:25he who is cherishing his life will lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world will keep it to continuous life;

Hebrews 11:35women received their dead by a resurrection, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that they might receive a better resurrection,

Revelation 12:11and they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life—to death;

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 →

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