John 12:25

God's Word

Those who love their lives will destroy them, and those who hate their lives in this world will guard them for everlasting life.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I came to hate life because everything done under the sun seemed wrong to me. Everything was pointless. ⌞It was like⌟ trying to catch the wind.

Matthew 10:39

The person who tries to preserve his life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for me will preserve it.

Matthew 16:25

Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me will find them.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who gave up homes, brothers or sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

Mark 8:35

Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.

Luke 14:26

“If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples.

Luke 17:33

Those 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 place any value on my own life. I want to finish the race I’m running. I want to carry out the mission I received from the Lord Jesus—the mission of testifying to the Good News of God’s kindness.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, “Why are you crying like this and breaking my heart? I’m ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but also to die there for the sake of the Lord, the one named Jesus.”

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their loved ones back from the dead. Other believers were brutally tortured but refused to be released so that they might gain eternal life.

Revelation 12:11

They won the victory over him because of the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life so much that they refused to give it up.