Matthew 16:25
for whoever may will to save his life will lose it, and whoever may lose his life for My sake will find it;
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Esther 4:14but if you keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remains to the Jews from another place, and you and the house of your fathers are destroyed; and who knows whether for a time like this you have come to the kingdom?”
Ecclesiastes 3:6A time to seek, || And a time to destroy. A time to keep, || And a time to cast away.
Mark 8:35for whoever may will to save his life will lose it; and whoever may lose his life for My sake and for the good news’ sake, he will save it;
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;
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 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 →