John 12:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:17

So I hated life because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Matthew 10:39

Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 16:25

For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their 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 will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Mark 8:35

For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.

Luke 14:26

“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 17:33

Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.

Acts 20:24

But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course 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 answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection.

Revelation 12:11

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.