John 12:25

Modern English Version

He who loves his life will lose it. And he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I began to hate life, because the labor that was done under the sun was contemptible to me, for all of this is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Matthew 10:39

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 16:25

For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for My name’s sake shall receive a hundred times as much and inherit eternal life.

Mark 8:35

For whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever would lose his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

Luke 17:33

Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Acts 20:24

But none of these things deter me. Nor do I count my life of value to myself, so that I may joyfully finish my course and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured and did not accept deliverance, so that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Revelation 12:11

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.