John 12:25

New King James 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

Matthew 10:39

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

Luke 17:33

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

Mark 8:35

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Matthew 16:25

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

Luke 14:26

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

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

Acts 20:24

But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Hebrews 11:35

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