John 12:25

Conservative English Version

If you love your life, you will lose it. If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

This made me hate life. Everything we do is painful; it's just as senseless as chasing the wind.

Matthew 10:39

If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.

Matthew 16:25

If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Matthew 19:29

All who have given up home or brothers and sisters or father and mother or children or land for me will be given a hundred times as much. They will also have eternal life.

Mark 8:35

If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it.

Luke 14:26

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.

Luke 17:33

People who try to save their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives will save them.

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God's great kindness.

Acts 21:13

But Paul answered, "Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!"

Hebrews 11:35

Some women received their loved ones back from death. Many of these people were tortured, but they refused to be released. They were sure that they would get a better reward when the dead are raised to life.

Revelation 12:11

Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives.