John 12:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁵ He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Common English Bible

²⁵ Those who love their lives will lose them, and those who hate their lives in this world will keep them forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ it remains alone. But if it dies, it yields much fruit. Whoever loves his life, will lose it. And whoever hates his life in this world, preserves it unto eternal life.

John 12:25 Cross References

Matthew 10:39

He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Luke 17:33

Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Mark 8:35

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.

Matthew 16:25

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

Luke 14:26

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Revelation 12:11

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.

Matthew 19:29

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.

Acts 20:24

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me: for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Acts 21:13

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.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: