a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Mark 8:35 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For whoever wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower, natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel's will save it [his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God]. American Standard Version (1901) For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it. Common English Bible All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me and because of the good news will save them. Catholic Public Domain Version For whoever will have chosen to save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life, for my sake and for the Gospel, shall save it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, shall save it. |
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
But I hold not my life of any account, as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
And I do all things for the gospel's sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.
Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer hardship with the gospel according to the power of God;
Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.