John 12:25

New English Translation

The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile – like chasing the wind.

Matthew 10:39

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

Matthew 16:25

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 19:29

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Mark 8:35

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

Luke 14:26

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

Luke 17:33

Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Acts 20:24

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 21:13

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

Hebrews 11:35

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

Revelation 12:11

But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.