Matthew 16:25

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life will find it.

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In The King James Version

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

In Context

24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wishes to walk in my steps, they must renounce self, and take up their cross, and follow me.

26What good will it do a person to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? Or what will a person give that is of equal value with his life?

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Cross References

Esther 4:14If you persist in remaining silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another quarter, but you and your family will perish. Who knows? Maybe you have been raised to the throne for a time like this!”

Mark 8:35For whoever wishes to save their life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, will lose their life will save it.

John 12:25A person who loves their life loses it; while someone who hates their life in the present world will preserve it for eternal life.

Revelation 12:11Their victory was due to the blood of the Lamb, and to the message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from 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 →

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