Luke 9:24

Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

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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

23Then he said to them all, “If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

25What good is it for a person to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit himself?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6There is a time to look for things and a time to stop looking, 1 a time to keep things and a time to throw away things, 1

John 12:25He who loves his life will lose it; but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Hebrews 11:35Women received back their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might experience a better resurrection.

Revelation 12:11They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, 1 for they did not love their lives even to death. 1

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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