John 12:25

Contemporary English Version 1995

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

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.

Luke 17:33

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

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.

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.

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 follow me unless you love me more than you love your own 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.

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 100 times as much. They will also have eternal life.

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And this work is to tell the good news about God's gift of undeserved grace.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

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

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, but 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 they would get a better reward when the dead are raised to life.