Mark 8:35

For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake and the Gospel, he shall preserve it.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

In Context

34Then calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

36For what would it profit a man, though he should gain the whole world, if he be punished with the loss of his own soul?

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, that man shall be saved.

Matthew 16:25For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall revile you, and shall cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

Luke 17:33Whosoever seeketh to preserve his life shall lose it; and whosoever would lose it, shall preserve it.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:28-38

Peter's Enlightened Testimony; Peter Rebuked. 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the… Read the whole commentary →

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